Edgar (From Book King Lear)
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980
Details
Title
Edgar (From Book 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 E
Location
Currently not on view
Edgar Act II, Scene III: “Poor Tom, that’s something yet! Edgar I nothing am.” Edgar is the Earl of Gloucester’s legitimate son, who through Edmund’s lies is unjustly branded an outlaw by his father. He adopts the guise of a madman named Tom o’ Bedlam and in his wanderings will meet Lear and later his blinded father.
Image Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich