Herod
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: 3 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (8.9 × 11.4 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 number2015-5.14
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextOnce again, Moser employs the diptych format to juxtapose the characters of Herod and Herodias. Herod’s weakness and indecision are captured in his helpless gaze, while Herodias’s heavily lined brows and dark lips convey a cold-hearted seductress.
