Artworks · Kurt Seligmann

The King

1960 · Oil on canvas

24 1/4 x 20" (61.4 x 50.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Metamorphosis

1959 · Oil and tempera on canvas

152.4 × 182.9 cm (60 × 72 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Inventors

1958 · Oil on canvas

121.9 × 152.4 cm (48 × 60 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1955 · Crayons on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

73.8 × 58.5 cm (29 1/16 × 23 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Happy Birthday to Earle and all Good Wishes From Both of Us

1955 · Lithograph on cream wove paper

Plate: 35.4 × 49.7 cm (13 15/16 × 19 5/8 in.); Sheet: 48.5 × 66 cm (19 1/8 × 26 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Exorcism

1954 · Ink, gouache, wash, and resin on paper

28 1/8 x 34 1/8" (71.5 x 86.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1952 · Blue ballpoint pen on paper

10 in. × 7 3/8 in. (25.4 × 18.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Baal and Astarte

1952 · Brush and black ink on white wove paper

68.6 × 57.3 cm (27 1/16 × 22 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Part of a Garden

1952 · Oil on canvas

89.4 × 89.5 cm (35 3/16 × 35 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Gray and White

1951 · Pen and brush and black ink, with brown wash and white gouache, on ivory wove paper, laid on ivory wove paper

58.5 × 73.7 cm (23 1/16 × 29 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Souvenir of September 26, 1951

1951 · Etching on paper

Plate: 34 × 48.5 cm (13 7/16 × 19 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Clio

1950 · Oil on canvas

57.2 × 39.1 cm (22 1/2 × 15 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Meditation

1950 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 19 11/16 x 13 7/8" (50 x 35.3 cm); sheet: 21 15/16 x 15 1/2" (55.7 x 39.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Exotic garden

1949 · Oil on canvas

132 × 134.9 cm (52 × 53 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Figures on Parade

1949 · Black ink over graphite with white wash on ivory card

57.3 × 72.7 cm (22 9/16 × 28 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Self-Portrait

1948 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

11 7/8 in. × 9 in. (30.1 × 22.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Magnetic Mountain

1948 · Oil on canvas

162.6 × 188 cm (64 × 74 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Acteon from Brunidor Portfolio, No. 1

1947 · Etching from a portfolio of five etchings (one with engraving) and two lithographs

plate: 11 3/4 x 8 13/16" (29.8 x 22.4 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 13 1/16" (42 x 33.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Prometheus

1946 · Pen and black ink on paper

24 × 29 in. (61 × 73.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Intruder

1946 · Watercolor, gouache, and pen and black ink on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

43 × 55.7 cm (16 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Four Figures Walking

1945 · Pen and black ink on off-white wove paper, laid down on off-white wove paper

59.2 × 73.9 cm (23 5/16 × 29 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Myth of Oedipus: The Childhood of Oedipus

1944 · etching

Sheet: 57.6 x 39.2 cm (22 11/16 x 15 7/16 in.); Platemark: 45.1 x 29.8 cm (17 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Myth of Oedipus: Oedipus at Colonus

1944 · etching

Sheet: 57.8 x 39.3 cm (22 3/4 x 15 1/2 in.); Platemark: 45 x 29.8 cm (17 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Myth of Oedipus: The Riddle

1944 · etching

Sheet: 57.3 x 39 cm (22 9/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Platemark: 44.8 x 29.6 cm (17 5/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Myth of Oedipus: The Sphinx I

1944 · etching

Sheet: 57.6 x 39.4 cm (22 11/16 x 15 1/2 in.); Platemark: 45 x 29.8 cm (17 11/16 x 11 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Myth of Oedipus: The Slaying of Laius

1944 · etching

Sheet: 57.6 x 39.1 cm (22 11/16 x 15 3/8 in.); Platemark: 45.1 x 30.1 cm (17 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

E IA ON

1944 · Etching on paper

Plate: 45 × 30 cm (17 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 57.5 × 39 cm (22 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sphinx (frontispiece) from The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate 17 13/16 x 11 3/4" (45.2 x 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Illustrated book with six etchings and one line block reproduction

irreg. page 22 13/16 x 15 9/16" (58 x 39.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Oedipus at Colonus, plate VI (facing page 16) from The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate 17 3/4 x 11 3/4" (45.1 x 29.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Marriage, plate V (facing page 14) from The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate 17 3/4 x 11 11/16" (45.1 x 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Riddle, plate IV (facing page 12) from The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate 17 3/4 x 11 13/16" (45.1 x 30 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Childhood of Oedipus, plate II (facing page 9) from The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate 17 3/4 x 11 11/16" (45.1 x 29.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Slaying of Laius, plate III (facing page 10) from The Myth of Oedipus

1944 · Etching from an illustrated book with six etchings

plate 17 13/16 x 11 7/8" (45.3 x 30.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

VVV Portfolio: Phantom of the Past

1943 · etching and aquatint

Sheet: 44.1 x 34.3 cm (17 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.); Platemark: 35.2 x 29.5 cm (13 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Environs of the Chateau d'Argol

1943 · Oil on glass

85.1 × 69.9 cm (33 1/2 × 27 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Meditation III

1943 · Etching and aquatint in red on paper

Plate: 50 × 35.3 cm (19 11/16 × 13 15/16 in.); Sheet: 63.2 × 46 cm (24 15/16 × 18 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Melusine and the Great Transparents

1943 · Oil on canvas

74.3 × 61 cm (29 1/4 × 24 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled from the broadside Pleine Marge

1943 · Etching

composition 11 3/8 x 7 3/8" (28.9 x 18.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Pleine Marge

1943 · Broadside with one etching

Museum of Modern Art

Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8" (35.2 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 9/16" (44.5 x 34.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Phantom of the Past from VVV Portfolio

1942 · Etching and aquatint from a portfolio of five etchings (one with aquatint), three duplicated drawings (two watercolor on paper and one crayon on paper), one collage, one engraving, and one gelatin silver print

plate: 13 7/8 x 11 5/8" (35.3 x 29.5cm); sheet: 17 7/16 x 13 9/16" (44.3 x 34.5cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Dance

1940 · Oil on glass

87 × 101.6 cm (34 1/4 × 40 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Five Heads

1940 · Oil on glass

24.5 × 63.8 cm (9 5/8 × 25 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Pleine marge (Full Margin)

1940 · Broadside folio with one etching; issued loose in a red wrapper

39 × 26 cm (15 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Dance

1940 · Oil on glass

87 × 101.6 cm (34 1/4 × 40 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Costume design for the Raven-Phoenix for the ballet The Golden Fleece

1940 · Watercolor, pencil, and cut-and-pinned paper on paper

19 x 12 3/8" (48.0 x 31.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Winter Disasters I

1939 · Aquatint and etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 29 × 20.3 cm (11 7/16 × 8 in.); Sheet: 40.1 × 28.4 cm (15 13/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago