Lear with Cordelia (From King Lear)
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980

Details
Title
Lear with Cordelia (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 O
On View
Currently not on view
Lear with Cordelia in his arms Act V, Scene III: “If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.” Although Edmund, dying, rescinds his earlier order to execute Lear and Cordelia, the gesture comes too late. Lear’s hope that Cordelia is still breathing is not answered.
Image Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich