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: 17 1/4 × 11 1/4 in. (43.8 × 28.6 cm) Plate: 17 1/2 × 11 3/4 in. (44.5 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 22 5/8 × 15 1/2 in. (57.5 × 39.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Montfort Dunn
Object number1992.45.2
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract figures, one looking down on the other
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