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A Dream of Lohengrin
1890
Not on view
In 1890, John Singer Sargent visited his good friend Joseph Jefferson, a well-known American actor and amateur artist, at his home in Cape Cod. Jefferson especially enjoyed making monotypes, a printing method that results in only one impression. During his visit, Jefferson successfully persuaded Sargent to also try his hand at the printmaking technique resulting in Sargent's enthralling A Dream of Lohengrin. The subject, Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin, would have been personally significant for the artist who, outside of painting, was a great admirer of Wagner and a talented pianist himself. Not only is the print large and brilliantly executed, but it remains Sargent's only known monotype to this day.
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent
- Title
- A Dream of Lohengrin
- Date
- 1890
- Object Type
- Medium
- Monotype
- Dimensions
- 16 x 25 11/16 in. (40.6 x 65.2 cm) Image: 12 3/16 x 23 1/16 in. (31 x 58.5 cm)
- Credit Line
- Museum Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Hamilton Vreeland Jr. and Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts Endowment Fund
- Accession Number
- 1981.1.191
