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The Myth of Oedipus: Oedipus at Colonus

1944

Kurt Seligmann

(Swiss, 1900–1962)
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Culture
Switzerland
Medium
etching
Measurements
Sheet: 57.8 x 39.3 cm (22 3/4 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 2012.7.6
Catalogue raisonné
Mason 122
State
I
Copyright
© Orange County Citizens Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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Location
Not on view
Print
A vertically oriented etching in black ink depicts two figures against a rippled ground. The one on our left is a man in a tiered hat and cape, stepping toward our right. On our right stands a taller woman swathed in thick bandages and billowing fabric, her long, curly hair trailing. In the upper left, a helmeted head floats within dense, swirling clouds. Heavy hatching and deep shadows define the composition.

The Myth of Oedipus: Oedipus at Colonus

1944

Kurt Seligmann

(Swiss, 1900–1962)
Switzerland

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