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Explore image in 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.)
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:
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.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
