Lear with Cordelia (From King Lear)
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Lear with Cordelia (From King Lear)
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Oskar Kokoschka
Austrian, 1886–1980
Austrian, 1886–1980
Date
1963
Medium
Lithograph on paper
Accession #
1979.61 O
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
Lear with Cordelia in his arms
Act V, Scene III: “If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.”
Although Edmund, dying, rescinds his earlier order to execute Lear and Cordelia, the gesture comes too late. Lear’s hope that Cordelia is still breathing is not answered.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Sherman N. Leis through the Ackerman FoundationImage Copyright
© Fondation Oskar Kokoschka/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zurich