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The Myth of Oedipus: The Sphinx I

1944

Kurt Seligmann

(Swiss, 1900–1962)
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Culture
Switzerland
Medium
etching
Measurements
Sheet: 57.6 x 39.4 cm (22 11/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Platemark: 45 x 29.8 cm (17 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund 2012.7.1
Catalogue raisonné
Mason 117
State
I
Copyright
© Orange County Citizens Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented etching in black ink depicts a tall figure wrapped in a swirling, rippling robe standing on our left. Facing him, the Sphinx crouches on a stone block, its head bound in cloth with hair flowing toward our right. Fine hatching and cross-hatching create deep texture and shadows. The landscape is barren, with small pyramids on the distant horizon. Repeated, thin lines define the scene's surreal, desolate composition.

The Myth of Oedipus: The Sphinx I

1944

Kurt Seligmann

(Swiss, 1900–1962)
Switzerland

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