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Accession Code: wu0846 Title: Oskar Kokoschka is Stupid Date completed: 2001 Medium: Painting Material: Gouache Height (mm): 508 Width (mm): 632 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: Signed and dated in pencil Location Name: Faculty of Arts Building Location Description: History of Art Department Location Floor: 5

This and the other four works in the collection are from a series in which Bob and Roberta Smith said he was 鈥渒ind of undermining that idea of the hero artist, but also kind of admiring his achievements鈥�. The appearance and layout reflect traditional signwriting but with a casual, freehand style which helps to undermine any risk of pretentiousness in conceptual art.