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Untitled (Oscar Wilde)
Untitled (Oscar Wilde)

Untitled (Oscar Wilde)

Artist/Maker (American, born in Cuba, 1957–1996)
Date1995
MediumPhoto etching
DimensionsOverall: 4 9/16 × 6 5/16 in. (11.6 × 16 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cristina Delgado (OC 1980) and Stephen F. Olsen (OC 1979)
Edition129/250
Object number2013.5
Status
Not on view
Copyright© Felix Gonzalez-Torres EstateMore Information
This work reproduces text from Oscar Wilde’s play Salomé, which premiered in Paris in 1896. The excerpt derives from Salome’s monologue, delivered as she holds the severed head of John the Baptist. In Wilde’s version of the biblical tale, Salome is cast as a seductive femme fatale who demands the saint’s death after he spurns her affections.
ProvenanceCristina Delgado and Stephen F. Olsen, Brooklyn, NY; by gift 2013 to Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OHExhibition History
Latin American and Latino Art at the Allen
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (September 2, 2014 - June 28, 2015 )
Language Arts
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (February 9, 2021 - August 13, 2021 )
The Body, The Host: HIV / AIDS and Christianity
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 20, 2024 - December 15, 2024 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
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