The Childhood of Oedipus

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Photo by John Bentham.
The Childhood of Oedipus
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Switzerland, 1900 - 1962)
Date1944
MediumEtching
DimensionsComposition: 43.8 x 28.6 cm (17 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 44.5 x 29.8 cm (17 1/2 x 11 3/4 in.) Sheet: 57.5 x 39.4 cm (22 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.45.2
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract figures, one looking down on the other
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Photo by John Bentham.
Oedipus at Colonus
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.6
Photo by John Bentham.
The Sphinx, from the series "The Myth of Oedipus"
Kurt Seligmann
Date: 1944
Medium: Etching on handmade rag paper
Object number: 1992.45.1
Photo by John Bentham.
The Riddle
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.4
Photo by John Bentham.
The Slaying of Laius
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.3
Photo by John Bentham.
The Marriage
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.5
Captured at Last (June 3, 1875), from "Harper's Weekly"
Captured at Last (June 3, 1875), from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 5, 1875
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.287
© Jamea Richmond-Edwards. Image Courtesy of Art+Culture Projects, Brooklyn, NY. For educational…
7 Mile Fly Girl
Jamea Richmond-Edwards
Date: 2018
Medium: Pigment print with silkscreen diamond dust and gold foil
Object number: 2020.1
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
The Horse and His Rider, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published June 27, 1874
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.245
Image Not Available for Survivor's Wake
Survivor's Wake
Lee R. Chesney
Date: 1949
Medium: Engraving and softground etching on paper
Object number: 1989.7
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Shabti
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Clay with pigment
Object number: 1943.53
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Shabti of Nest-Qa
Date: c. 664-343 B.C.E.
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.72
Artwork is in the public domain. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton…
Shabti
Date: c. 1070-656 B.C.E.
Medium: Faience
Object number: 1943.99