Lithograph on Bütten paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Paper Size: 11.22 x 14.17 inches. Excellent condition. From the volume, Skizzenbuch der Italienischen Reise 1963, 2001. Published by M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne; printed by CONTAQ Repro & Produktion GmbH Druckerei, Hamburg, 2001. Excerpted from the volume (translated from German), Oskar Kokoschka's sketchbook of the Italian Journey was created between the 14th and 28th. May 1963, Rolf Horn Collection and Foundation, XVII color drawings in a separate sketchbook with spiral stitching, sheet size 31.8 x 23.9 cm, as well as III color pencil drawings on 2 individual sheets, sheet size 35.3 x 25.4 cm. On the envelope cover at a later time from the memory of the artist designated and monogrammed: Naples; Paestum; Pompeii; Tarent, April - May 1963 (sic!). This designation is reproduced in the facsimile on the title page, but without the erroneous indication 'April'. The order chosen in this publication according to the groups belonging together corresponds to their temporal origin; it is not completely identical to the original sheet context of the sketchbook. For information on the identification of the objects, Prof. Bernard Andreae, Rome, Dr. Daniel Graepler, Göttingen, and Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Hornbostel, Hamburg, with gratitude. This facsimile edition was made with the kind support of Olda Kokoschka, Villeneuve, as well as with the permission of Pro Litteris, Zurich. The original lithograph "Fighting Warrior", which is included in the preferential editions, was drawn by Oskar Kokoschka in 1969 after a detail of the temple friece of Bassae, British Museum, London. The printing was provided in 1969/70 by the Graphische Anstalt Wolfensberger, Zurich. The edition from the artist's archive was provided by Ms. Olda Kokoschka for the preferred editions of the present publication. This book is published in an edition of DCCCL examples. For this purpose, three preferential editions will be published: Issue A—XXV examples with the lithography ›Kämpfender Kriegers, printed in black, on Japon-Bütten, all examples monogrammed in stone, Roman numbered by I-XXV. and signed by the artist. Issue B— LXXV examples with the lithograph ›Kämpfender Kriegers, printed in red, on Bütten, all examples monogrammed in stone, Arabic numbered from I-LXXV and signed by the artist. Issue C—XX examples with the lithograph ›Fighting Warrior, printed in black, on Japon-Bütten, all examples monogrammed in stone. The German Library - CIP Unit Recording, Kokoschka, Oskar: Oskar Kokoschka - Sketchbook of the Italian Journey 1963 / [ed. and commented by Heinz Spiel-mann]. - Cologne : DuMont, 2001; Editing: Inge Bodesohn-Vogel; SW reproductions: von der Heiden Mediendienst; Design: Birgit Haermeyer; Color reproductions: CONTAQ, Hamburg; Production and printing: Nieswand Druck, Kiel; Bookbinding processing: Bookbinding Terbeck. OSKAR KOKOSCHKA (1886–1980) was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright, and teacher best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision that influenced the Viennese Expressionist movement. Kokoschka had much in common with his contemporary Max Beckmann. Both maintained their independence from German Expressionism, yet are now regarded as textbook examples of the style. Nonetheless, their individualism set both apart from the main movements of twentieth-century modernism. Both wrote eloquently of the need to develop the art of "seeing" (Kokoschka emphasized depth perception while Beckmann was concerned with mystical insight into the invisible realm), and both were masters of innovative oil-painting techniques anchored in earlier traditions.