Dr Richard Strauss conducting rehearsals of 'Intermezzo' (1927)

Rudolf Josef Kratina

lithograph, on pale buff paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Dr Richard Strauss conducting rehearsals of 'Intermezzo' (1927)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Conductor, half-length, seen from behind, facing orchestra. 1930 Lithograph, on pale buff paper. Signed, dated and annotated: "Dr Richard Strauss dirigiert die Generalprobe seiner musik. Komödie "Intermezzo" im Dresdener staatl. Schauspielhause (der Stätte der Uraufführung dieses Werkes) anlässlich einer Neueinstudierung. gez. R.J.K. 24 Mai 1930. [Dr Richard Strauss conducts the dress rehearsal of his musical comedy "Intermezzo" at the Dresden National Theatre (the place of the comedy's premiere) on the occasion of its reperformance]".

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

24.5 x 32 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.83

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1937

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1936; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1937

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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