Photography Collections Database

Record Detail

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Call Number:

PH-03034

Collection Name:

Oskar Kokoschka Literary File Photography Collection

Creator:

Gropper, Joseph

Kokoschka, Oskar, 1886-1980 (1886 - 1980)

No. of Items:

15 photographs

Span Dates:

20th century

Description:

The Oskar Kokoschka Literary File Photograph Collection consists of snapshots of Kokoschka home (982:0029:0001-0003); snapshots by Joe Gropper, of Kokoschka and students, mounted on photo album leaf (982:0029:0004-0009); snapshots by Joe Gropper, of Kokoschka picking cherries, mounted on photo album leaf (982:0029:0010-0011); snapshots of Kokoschka and others at a party in Boston, mounted on photo album leaf (982:0029:0012-0015).

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.

Accession No(s):

982:0029:0001-0015

Location(s):

Kokoschka, O., Lit File (982:0029:0001-0015)
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See Also:

Oskar Kokoschka Collection: Associated manuscript materials, from which these photographs were likely transferred, are located in the Oskar Kokoschka Collection (MS-02331).

Oskar Kokoschka Art Collection: Related artworks are located in the Oskar Kokoschka Art Collection (AR-00147).