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The Slaying of Laius

1944

Kurt Seligmann

Artist, American, 1900 - 1962

Kurt Seligmann

Printer, American, 1900 - 1962

Medium

etching in black on Whatman handmade paper
Credit Line

Gift of Stephen Robeson Miller in memory of the artist's friends, Nicolas and Elena Calas
Dimensions

plate: 45.1 x 29.9 cm (17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)
sheet: 57.8 x 39.7 cm (22 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)
Accession

2002.114.1.3
Catalogue Raisonné

Mason 1982, no. 117, State -122

Media for this artwork is unavailable and the object is not on view. See artworks now on view

The Marriage

Kurt Seligmann, Kurt Seligmann

1944

The Riddle

Kurt Seligmann, Kurt Seligmann

1944

Oedipus at Colonus

Kurt Seligmann, Kurt Seligmann

1944

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1982

Mason, Rainer Michael. Kurt Seligmann, Oeuvre Gravé. Geneva: Editions du Tricorne, 1982.

Wikidata ID

Q76347068

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