Details

Title

King Lear (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 A

On View

Currently not on view

A portrait of the title character shows the king as a mature but determined man. Features of his clothing and accoutrements are only summarily indicated with abstract marks.

Image Copyright

© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich