Edgar and Edmund Fight (From King Lear)
Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)
Details
Title
Edgar and Edmund Fight (From King Lear)
Artist/Maker
Oskar Kokoschka (Austrian, 1886–1980)
Date
1963
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Dr. Sherman N. Leis through the Ackerman Foundation
Accession #
1979.61 N
Location
Currently not on view
Edgar and Edmund Fight Act V, Scene III Edmund, finally exposed as a traitor, calls for a trial by combat. Edgar appears masked and in armor and challenges Edmund to a duel, which Goneril watches. Edgar wounds Edmund fatally.
Image Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich
