Iokanaan is led from the cistern
Date2011
Artist
Barry Moser
(American illustrator, painter, printmaker, and author, born 1940)
Illustration CitationSalomé: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde, translated by Joseph Donohue (University of Virginia Press 2011)
MediumWood engraving
Dimensionscomposition: 7 3/16 × 4 5/8 in. (18.3 × 11.7 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 in. (23.8 × 15.2 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 6 in. (23.8 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2015
Object number2015-5.11
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextThe emaciated body of Iokanaan as he rises from the cistern contrasts sharply with the upright, exotically clad soldiers who accompany him. His wasted form, modeled with swelling and curving “lining” technique, bears evidence of his faithful penitence, in marked contradiction to the character of Salomé, whose manipulative demands have led to this summons.
