Alma Mahler - The Very Same Sadness - An anecdote.

 


Alma Mahler was very well known in Vienna.  Not only a colourful life, but very deep lows and incredible highs, too.  One day, she had an uncanny experience with Oskar Kokoshka whilst visiting the Prater, Vienna's funfair.  It came back to haunt her many years later.  

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