Évocation d'Erda (2e planche)

Évocation d'Erda (2e planche)

Item Information

Title:
Évocation d'Erda (2e planche)
Description:
In the foreground, on the right, Wotan is seen, clad in his cloak and wearing a traveler's hat. He has his spear in his left hand. With his right hand lowered to the ground, he commands Erda to appear. She appears in the background, almost in the middle of the composition. She is standing and dressed in a white, long and straight tunic. One of her hands is placed on her chest. With her other hand, she raises the great white veil that covers her and throws it back.
Artist:
Fantin-Latour, Henri, 1836-1904
Name on Item:
H. Fantin
Date:
1885
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Lithographs
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904). Lithographs and Other Prints
Subjects:
Gods
Goddesses
Odin (Norse deity)
Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Ring des Nibelungen
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 54
Additional information accompanying item: Margins rectified. Upper margin - "Erda! R. Wagner." First state - without the name of the printer. 7 or 8 trial proofs. Executed in 1885. Stone destroyed. This impression is signed and dedicated to Ed. Maitre.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hédiard, Germain. "Fantin-Latour : catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique du maître, précédé d'une étude par Germain Hédiard et d'une notice sur Germain Hédiard par Léonce Bénédite." Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1906, Paris.
Notes (object):
First state.
Identifier:
17_10_000366
Barcode:
36666000192258