“Let me kiss your mouth”
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: 5 3/8 × 4 5/8 in. (13.7 × 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 number2015-5.13
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextSalomé’s aggressive sexual advance is painfully endured by Iokanaan. The stark disparity of character is further emphasized by their placement on white and black backgrounds. Moser’s facility for exploiting the full tonal range of the medium is patent in this powerful emotional scene.
