Details

Title

The Fool (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 G

On View

Currently not on view

Lear Act III, Scene IV: “Poor naked wretches” The king, driven out of his mind by his daughters’ betrayal, rushes out into a storm and wanders on the heath.

Image Copyright

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

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