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Kokoschka’s Alma Mahler doll. A strange, life-size doll is at the center of one of the Modern era’s most bizarre episodes. Its inspiration was the sudden end of an intense love affair between the Expressionist painter Oskar Kokoschka and the fascinating Alma Mahler. Born in 1879, Alma Maria Schindler grew up surrounded by the best of ...
Feb 17, 2015 · The case of the famed Alma Mahler doll, however, is a special one. While it was sort of a sex doll and sort of a mannequin—and as such, not really my area of study—it also had an unimpeachable toy pedigree: in 1918, after the great muse ended her relationship with the artist Oskar Kokoschka, he commissioned a life-size replica of his lost ...
Apr 22, 2020 · Unable to forget his muse and lover, in July 1918 Kokoschka ordered a life-size doll from the Munich doll-maker Hermine Moos as a substitute for his lost love. It was to be made to look exactly like Alma Mahler. Hermine Moos working on the faux Alma Mahler. On July 22 he already returned a model of the head, having checked it and made ...
Maker: Doll made by Hermine Moos (German, Frankfurt 1888–1928 Munich) Patron: Doll commissioned by Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, Pöchlarn 1886–1980 Montreux) Person in Photograph: Doll modeled after Alma Mahler (American (born Austria), Vienna 1879–1964 New York) Date: 1919. Medium: Gelatin silver print. Dimensions: 9.5 x 14.7 cm (3 7/8 x 5 ...
ALMA : Puppet. The Puppet. In July I9I8 Oskar Kokoschka ordered a life-size doll from the Munich doll-maker Hermine Moos as a substitute for his lost love. It was to be made to look exactly like Alma Mahler. On July 22 he already returned a model of the head, having checked it and made suggestions as to how the work should proceed.
Oskar Kokoschka and Alma Mahler. Bride of the wind. Our story, the story of Alma Mahler and Oskar Kokoschka, is based entirely on time and attraction. It will last only two years and will lead the artist to the realization of some of his most powerful works. The years ’12 and ’14 are dominated by the figure of Alma.
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In February of 1919 the Alma Mahler Doll is delivered. Quote: “In a state of feverish anticipation, like Orpheus calling Eurydice back from the Underworld, I freed the effigy of Alma Mahler from its packing. As I lifted it into the light of day, the image of her I had preserved in my memory stirred into life.” -Oscar Kokoschka
