© Charles Klabunde
 
Charles Klabunde, American, b.1935
Publisher: 
Title: The Myth
Date: 1983
Medium: Etching
Dimensions:
Sheet: 55 x 38 cm
Plate: 45 x 29.5 cm
Signed: lower right (under image, in pencil): Klabunde
Credit Line: Presented, 2006
Object Number: NGI.2006.5.1
DescriptionSee also NGI.2006.5.1-7
First published in 1971, Beckett’s The Lost Ones is a stark story of a tribe of unearthly people confined to life inside a cylinder. Klabunde wrote of his grotesque characters: ‘I have twisted and contorted forms to represent the inner conflicts of man in modern society where rules hold sway over reason and intuition. Life is shown naked without love or compassion, dominated by greed.’ This artist’s book, containing seven hand-pulled intaglio prints, was published in a limited edition of 250 copies in 1984, to mark Beckett’s seventy-eighth birthday.
ProvenancePresented, the Artist, 2006
Exhibition HistorySamuel Beckett: A Passion for Paintings, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 2006
Inscriptionlower left, under image (in pencil): The Myth, 87/250

This website uses cookies

We use optional cookies to enhance your user experience and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

Details

About Cookies

Cookies are small text files that can be used by websites to make a user's experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission. This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy. Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.

Necessary Cookies

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

NameProviderPurposeExpiryType
JSESSIONIDeMuseumUser SessionSessionHTTP

Statistics Cookies

Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

NameProviderPurposeExpiryType
_gaGoogle Tag ManagerRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.2 yearsJavaScript
_gidGoogle Tag ManagerRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.1 dayJavaScript