Edmund (From Book King Lear)
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980
Details
Title
Edmund (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 B
On View
Currently not on view
Edmund Act I, Scene II: “This is the excellent foppery of the world” Edmund is the treacherous illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, Lear’s faithful follower. He will betray all and sundry in his quest for power.
Image Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich
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