The Myth of Oedipus

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Photo by John Bentham.
The Myth of Oedipus
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Switzerland, 1900 - 1962)
Printer
Date1944
MediumEtchings on handmade rag paper
DimensionsPlate (Each): 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 22 3/8 × 15 1/2 in. (56.8 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.45.1-6
Not on view
DescriptionPortfolio containing six etchings depicting scenes from The Myth of Oedipus: 1. The Sphinx 2. The Childhood of Oedipus 3. The Slaying of Laius 4. The Riddle 5. The Marriage 6. Oedipus at Colonus
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Published References Rainer Michael Mason. Kurt Seligmann: Oeuvre Gravé. Geneva: Éditions Du Tricorne, 1982, cat. no. 117, state 122.

Kurt Seligmann Graphics, 1942-1962. Springfield: Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, 1974, illus. 41.

Allan Frumkin and Helen Serger. Kurt Seligmann: His Graphic Work. New York: Allan Frumkin Gallery and La Boetie, 1973, p. 102.

Eleanor M. Garvey and Philip Hofer. The Artist & the Book, 1860-1960, in Western Europe and the United States. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1961, cat. no. 283, pp.192-193.
Signature 1992.45.1: Recto, lower right corner: "K. Seligman 1944"
Inscribed 1992.45.1: Recto, lower left corner: "#5"
1992.45.3: Verso, right: "No 31"
© Peter Haines. Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Saint Peter
Peter Haines
Date: 1994
Medium: Layers of semi-opaque ink silkscreened onto acid-free rag vellum
Object number: 2025.9.7
Canal, Dordrecht (Holland)
Canal, Dordrecht (Holland)
Edith Loring Peirce Getchell
Date: 1884
Medium: Etchings on paper
Object number: 1990.20
Photo by John Bentham.
The Rhinoceros
Albrecht Dürer
Date: 1515 (printed c. 1620)
Medium: Woodcut
Object number: 1994.62
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
The Pond
Hide Kawanishi
Date: 1957
Medium: Woodblock print on handmade Japanese paper
Object number: 1984.174
© Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton …
Koinobori (eggs in the belly)
Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka
Date: 2021
Medium: Sumi paintings on washi, linocut on washi, rice bags, indigo, kakishibu, and gyotaku on washi, konnyaku, and handmade deckle box gampi paper
Object number: 2024.15
© Alisa Sikelianos-Carter. Photo by John Bentham.
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Alisa Sikelianos-Carter
Date: 2024-2025
Medium: Unique wall-mounted giclée print hand-embellished with glitter; floor sculpture in acrylic, gouache, synthetic hair worn by the artist, handmade paper, black mica, glitter, and glass on wood
Object number: 2025.3.1-2
Photograph by John Bentham.
Ventriloquist
Jasper Johns
Date: 1986
Medium: Color lithograph on handmade paper
Object number: 1991.106
© Dedalus Foundation Inc. / Licensed by ARS, New York, NY. Published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Airless Black
Robert Motherwell
Date: 1983
Medium: Lithograph on handmade paper
Object number: 1988.24
Photograph by John Bentham.
Untitled (Cross-Section of Head)
Kiki Smith
Date: 1995
Medium: Ink on handmade Japanese paper
Object number: 1998.3.5
Photograph by Jason Mandella.
Untitled
Ursula von Rydingsvard
Date: 2010
Medium: Thread, pigment, fabric and handmade paper
Object number: 2016.4
© Dedalus Foundation Inc. / Licensed by ARS, New York, NY. Published by Tyler Graphics, Ltd.
Black Wall of Spain
Robert Motherwell
Date: 1983
Medium: Lithograph on handmade paper
Object number: 2026.1
Photograph by John Bentham.
Augustus and the Tiburtine Sibyl
Antonio da Trento
Date: c. 1527-1531
Medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from two blocks (pale green and black)
Object number: 1992.24