Study of Oedipus for 'A Greek Play' / Albert Moore
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- Accession Number
- 1954/1.233
- Title
- Study of Oedipus for 'A Greek Play'
- Artist
- Albert Moore
- Artist Nationality
- British
- Artist Life Dates
- 1841-1893
- Medium and Support
- black and white chalk on brown wove paper, mounted on tissue
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1867
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- United Kingdom (nation)
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Signed with anthemion, l.l.
- Dimensions
- 36.8 cm x 16 cm (14 1/2 in. x 6 5/16 in.)
- Century
- 19th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- study
- Physical Description
- A dark line drawing with white highlights on a tan colored background. It shows a standing male figure in profile, facing left. He has curly hair, a long beard and has classically style draped clothing. He has a vacant gaze and his face is turned downward. there is a partial drawing of draped fabric in the left margin of the work.
- Subject Matter
- This is a figure drawing of Oedipus as an old man. Oedipus was the King of Thebes in Greek mythology who unknowingly fufilled the prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. When the prophecy was fufilled, he gouged his eyes out and went into exile to wander the countryside until his death. The figure of Oedipus was part of a larger tempera painting that Moore designed for the proscenium of the New Queen's Theatre, in Long Acre, London, depicting an ancient Greek audience watching Sophocles' play, "Oedipus at Colonnus".
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 583 x 1401
- File Size
- 78 KB
- Record
- 1954/1.233
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"Study of Oedipus for 'A Greek Play'; Albert Moore." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1954-sl-1.233/1954_1.233.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
