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Lot 73

RACKHAM (ARTHUR)
'Sieglinde prepares Hunding's draught'

14 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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RACKHAM (ARTHUR)

'Sieglinde prepares Hunding's draught', signed and dated 'Arthur Rackham 1910' (lower left), watercolour and ink, on paper, laid on card, mounted, glazed and framed, image 250 x 125mm., sheet 275 x 148mm.

Footnotes

Original watercolour of 'Sieglinde prepares Hunding's draught for the night', used as an illustration in Richard Wagner's The Rhinegold and the Valkyrie, published by William Heinemann, 1910.

Exhibited: Leicester Galleries, London, probably 1910. Printed gallery label, and ink label (artist name, address at 16 Chalcot Gardens, and title in both English and French) on verso of frame.

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