The Slaying of Laius

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Photo by John Bentham.
The Slaying of Laius
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker (American, born Switzerland, 1900 - 1962)
Date1944
MediumEtching
DimensionsComposition: 17 5/8 × 11 1/2 in. (44.8 × 29.2 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 number1992.45.3
Not on view
DescriptionAbstract figures fighting
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Inscribed Verso right "No 31"
Photo by John Bentham.
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Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.2
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Medium: Etching
Object number: 1992.45.4
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Paris: Theater des Champs-Elysee, from the series "L'Opéra"
Kurt Blum
Date: c. 1962
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.181