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Oedipus
(1931-1932)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 81.1 × 59.9 cm
- Inscription
- inscribed in red paint l.l.: G P
- Accession Number
- 4663-3
- Department
- International Painting
- Credit Line
- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1932
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- Not on display
- Subjects (general)
- Human Figures Religion and Mythology
- Subjects (specific)
- encountering legendary beings men (male humans) nudes (representations) Oedipus and the Sphinx (Greek narrative) Oedipus, King of Thebes (Greek character) sphinxes
- Provenance
- Exhibited Leicester Galleries, London, 1932; from where acquired, on the advice of Randall Davies, for the Felton Bequest, 1932.
- Frame
- Original, maker unknown
Frame
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Oedipus appears in this frame on exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1932. It is a simple reverse moulding pine wood frame with a broad outer edge channel, prominent half round at the centre and stepped flats to the sight edge. The warm off-white gesso surface has been finished with stippled red earth and dark grey paint, an example of Philpot adopting a modernist frame. The use of fine weave linen covering the bevelled slip reflects the acceptance of linen slips during the 1930’s.
- Framemaker
- Unknown - 20th century
- Date
- 1932
- Materials
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timber profile with stippled, painted finish and linen slip