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The Crab The Crab

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The Crab

Oskar Kokoschka

Art Funded
1985
Dimensions
63 x 76 cm
Vendor
Estate of Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens
'The Crab' representing either the artist as the swimmer struggling to reach the English shore or Czechoslovakia struggling not to drown.

The crab is Chamberlain who remains aloof and wont hold out a claw. Signed: OK.

Provenance

Lady Knott; Private collection, England.

Oil on canvas

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