Museum number
2019.33
Object
Laos and Oedipus, from the 'Children of the Gods' series, by Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993), 1988 Printer: Kelpra Studio Publisher: the artist CR 153, p.232
On display?
No

Further description

Simple name
coloured etching
Dimensions
image size: 53.2cm (h) x 36.8cm (w)
One of Frink’s more violent depictions within the series, this print depicts the moment when the ill-fated Oedipus kills his own father, King Laos. It attests to her conviction that Classical myth was not the calm, well-mannered place it is often made out to be. The image also revisits Frink’s recurrent theme of horses.

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