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Artist: Kurt Seligmann, American, born Switzerland, 1900–1962

The Myth of Oedipus: The Slaying of Laius

1944

Etching

platemark: 45.1 × 30.1 cm (17 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.) sheet: 56.7 × 39.2 cm (22 5/16 × 15 7/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Kirk Askew, Jr.
1970.32c
Geography: 
Made in Switzerland
Status: 
By appointment
Culture: 
Swiss
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Works on Paper - Prints
Bibliography: 

Frauke V. Josenhans et al., Artists in Exile: Expressions of Loss and Hope (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2017), 173, no. 22, ill.

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