Edgar and Edmund Fight (From King Lear)
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Edgar and Edmund Fight (From King Lear)
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980
Austrian, 1886–1980
Date
1963
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Accession #
1979.61 N
Dimensions
Location
Currently Not on View
Description
Edgar and Edmund Fight
Act V, Scene III
Edmund, finally exposed as a traitor, calls for a trial by combat. Edgar appears masked and in armor and challenges Edmund to a duel, which Goneril watches. Edgar wounds Edmund fatally.
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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