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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

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The Myth of Oedipus

Kurt Seligmann, Kurt Seligmann

1944

The Marriage

Kurt Seligmann, Kurt Seligmann

1944

The Riddle

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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