Goneril and Edmund (From King Lear)
Modern and Contemporary Art
Goneril and Edmund (From King Lear)
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980
Austrian, 1886–1980
Date
1963
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Accession #
1979.61 J
Dimensions
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 2, Gallery 201
Description
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.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Sherman N. Leis through the Ackerman FoundationImage Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich
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