Dr Richard Strauss conducting Salome (1927)

Rudolf Josef Kratina

lithograph

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Dr Richard Strauss conducting Salome (1927)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Orchestra being conducted in pit. 1927 Lithograph. Signed and annotated: "Dr. Richard Strauss am Dirigentenpult der Dresdener Staatsoper, der Geburtsstätte seiner meisten Opern, am 25. März 1927 während seiner "Salome" -Aufführung. gezeichnet: R.J.K. [Dr Richard Strauss at the conductor's desk of the Dresden Opera House, the birthplace of most of his operas, on March 25 1927 during his "Salome" performance]".

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

17.7 x 21.4 cm

Accession Number:

1937,0710.82

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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