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Vintage (1971) Exhibition Poster for Oskar Kokoschka in Salzburg, Austria
Poster shows his "Das Prinzip" work completed in 1919 which hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
In the original print of this lithograph, blood drips from the mouth of a bust of Marianne, who personifies France and is identifiable by her conical Phrygian cap, an ancient symbol of liberty. The French Revolution's idealistic slogan, "Liberty, equality, and fraternity," is scrawled on the bust's base in blood red, distorted into "Liberty, equality, and fratricide." The print expresses Oskar Kokoschka's fear that with a series of bloody clashes that began in November 1918, post–World War I Germany was descending into civil war.
The words below the artwork translate to:
Exhibition from March 1 - April 15, 1971
Watercolors and Drawings in the Gallerie Welz Salzburg
Lithographs and Etchings in the Museum of Salzburg