The Sphinx, from the series "The Myth of Oedipus"

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Photo by John Bentham.
The Sphinx, from the series "The Myth of Oedipus"
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Switzerland, 1900 - 1962)
Printer (American, born Switzerland, 1900 - 1962)
Date1944
MediumEtching on handmade rag paper
DimensionsComposition: 44.1 x 28.6 cm (17 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.) Plate: 45.4 x 29.8 cm (17 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.) Sheet: 57.8 x 39.1 cm (22 3/4 x 15 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.45.1
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract beast wrapped in cloth
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Signature Recto, lower right corner: "K. Seligman 1944
Inscribed Recto, lower left corner: "#5"
Photo by John Bentham.
Kurt Seligmann
Date: 1944
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.2
Photo by John Bentham.
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.6
Photo by John Bentham.
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.3
Photo by John Bentham.
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.4
Photo by John Bentham.
Kurt Seligmann
Date: n.d.
Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.5
Photograph by John Bentham.
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Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
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