Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper with Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864) printed as a full panel on the front

The Riddle — Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx Tee

S / Pepper
$38.00
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Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper with Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864) printed as a full panel on the front
  • Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper with Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864) printed as a full panel on the front
  • Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864), the painting printed on The Riddle tee, shown flat
  • Folded Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper showing the upper part of Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx print
  • Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper folded flat with Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx print, styled with a candle and woven textiles
  • Back of the Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper, plain with no print
  • Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper with Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864) printed as a full panel on the front
  • Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864), the painting printed on The Riddle tee, shown flat
  • Folded Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper showing the upper part of Gustave Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx print
  • Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper folded flat with Moreau's Oedipus and the Sphinx print, styled with a candle and woven textiles
  • Back of the Old Heaven The Riddle tee in Pepper, plain with no print
The Riddle — Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx Tee

The Riddle — Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx Tee

$38.00
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THE RIDDLE
Oedipus and the Sphinx · Old Heaven Art Tee

She has a question. He has very little room for error.

Claws against his body. Wings gathered behind her. Their eyes meet with the unnerving concentration of two strangers who have already become each other’s problem.

Gustave Moreau gives us the encounter before its resolution, when intelligence must hold its ground against appetite—and the distinction between danger and attraction becomes inconveniently difficult to maintain.

Wear it to dinner with someone who asks good questions. To the exhibition you have strong opinions about. Anywhere a little composure might be mistaken for knowing the answer.

INSPIRED BY
Gustave Moreau’s Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864), in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. In Greek myth, the Sphinx challenges travelers with a riddle and kills those who fail. Oedipus survives by answering correctly. Moreau holds the two in a close, unbroken gaze, giving the mortal contest an unsettling intimacy.

For admirers of difficult beauty.
And people who know attraction is not an assurance of safety.

OLD HEAVEN
Some questions get under your skin.

Artwork: Gustave Moreau, Oedipus and the Sphinx, 1864, oil on canvas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of William H. Herriman, 1920 (21.134.1). Public domain.
© 2026 Shawn Neville

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