Edmund (From Book King Lear)
Modern and Contemporary Art
Edmund (From Book King Lear)
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980
Austrian, 1886–1980
Date
1963
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Accession #
1979.61 B
Dimensions
Location
On View - Stent Family Wing, Level 2, Gallery 201
Description
Edmund
Act I, Scene II: “This is the excellent foppery of the world”
Edmund is the treacherous illegitimate son of the Earl of Gloucester, Lear’s faithful follower. He will betray all and sundry in his quest for power.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Sherman N. Leis through the Ackerman FoundationImage Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich
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