Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

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Rackham, Arthur — Richard Wagner | Original ink and watercolor drawing from Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods

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Rackham, Arthur — Richard Wagner

"Alberich and Mime fighting over the body of Fafnir," original ink and watercolor drawing, from Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, 1911


Ink and watercolor illustration (265 x 181 mm). Signed at lower left and dated 1911.


A powerful composition by Rackham, depicting Alberich and Mime fighting over the body of Fafnir—drawn for Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods (London: William Heinemann, 1911), Rackham’s continuation of his celebrated visual interpretation of Wagner’s Ring cycle.

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