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Parsifal no.16

Lithograph
1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Karl Imhof (printer)
Galerie Fred Jahn (publisher)
David Nolan Gallery (publisher)
Robert Wilson (maker)
Place of origin
United States (made)

Lithograph

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
Lithograph
TitleParsifal no.16
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Lithographic Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Print by Robert Wilson from the suite of 19 plates entitled 'Parsifal', printed by Karl Imhof, Munich, and published by Fred Jahn, Munich, and David Nolan, New York. 1985.
Physical description
Lithograph
Dimensions
  • Printed surface height: 49.3cm
  • Printed surface width: 65.1cm
  • Size of sheet height: 59.3cm
  • Size of sheet width: 75.2cm
Printed surface 49.3 x 65.1 cm Size of sheet 59.3 x 75.2 cm
Object history
Exhibitions: Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Robert Wilson Die Lithographischen Zyklen [The Lithography Cycles] 1984-1986. 1986

The suite relates to stage designs by Wilson for Wagner's opera Parsifal. Other suites of lithographs made at about the same time relate in the same way to productions of Euripides' dramas Medea (1984) and Alceste (1986).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1212-1989

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Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O178269/parsifal-no16-lithograph-robert-wilson/
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