Henri Fantin-Latour, “Siegmund and Sieglinde”, 1886

Henri Fantin-Latour (aka Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour) (1836–1904)

“Siegmund and Sieglinde” (aka “La Valkyrie; Acte 1: “Sieglinde et Siegmund” [published title]), 1886, an original lithograph illustrating a scene first performed in 1870 from Richard Wagner's (1813–1883) opera, “Die Walküre” [The Valkyrie], Act I, published in Paris in 1886 by Jules Rouam (fl.c.1880) in Adolphe Jullien's (1803–1879) “Richard Wagner: Sa Vie Et Ses Œuvres”, facing page 202 (see https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10072618s/f137.item).

Lithograph (with scraping on stone) on laid paper backed with a support sheet providing wide margins.

Size: (sheet) 27.9 x 19.9 cm; (image borderline) 23 x 15.3 cm.

Fantin-Latour 1322 (Mme Fantin-Latour 1911, “Catalogue de l'Oeuvre Complet de Fantin-Latour”, Paris, Henri Floury, cat. no. 1322); Hédiard 70 (Germain Hédiard 1906, “Fantin-Latour: Catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographie du Maître”, Paris, Librairie de l'Art Ancien et Moderne, cat. no. 70).

See also the description of this lithograph offered by the British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1899-0420-178.

Condition: a strong (near faultless) impression in an excellent condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions or stains and laid upon an archival support sheet of millennium quality washi paper providing wide margins.

I am selling this marvellous lithograph bathed in dramatic light as brother and sister twins, Sieglinde and Siegmund, who have been separated since childhood, meet as strangers and fall in love, for the total cost of AU$220 (approximately US$144.64, EUR 123.71 or GBP 107.20), including express mail shipping worldwide. Import duties, if any, are the responsibility of the buyer.

If you are interested in purchasing this poetically beautiful and visually arresting lithograph, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.