Salomé Kisses the Head of Iokanaan
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: 4 7/8 × 4 5/8 in. (12.4 × 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 number2015-5.23
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextIn comparison with Beardsley’s depictions of The Climax, Moser’s image of the culmination of the drama is stark and straightforward—ghastly in its documentary-style realism. As Herod declares, “She’s monstrous.”
