Goneril and Edmund (From King Lear)
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980

Details
Title
Goneril and Edmund (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 J
On View
Currently not on view
Goneril and Edmund Act IV, Scene II: “Decline your head, this kiss, if it durst speak” Goneril discovers that she finds Edmund more attractive than her husband, Albany, and makes overtures to him. She asks him to kill her husband and take her as his wife.
Image Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich
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