Immortality (1886): Art, History and Details
Immortality at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1886, lithograph. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Immortality (1886) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904).
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
"Wagnerism"—the fascination with Richard Wagner’s music and aesthetic theories—was ignited in Paris in 1861 with the premier of Tannhäuser, an opera so controversial that it was forced to close after the third performance. Wagner’s concept of the gesamtkunstwerk, the total work of art in which all the arts were to be equal and united, sparked the imagination of artists and writers of the period. Fantin-Latour in particular dedicated himself to transferring the suggestive powers of music to his graphic work.
Object facts
- Title: Immortality
- Date: 1886
- Creator attribution: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Type: Print
- Technique: lithograph
- Dimensions: Platemark: 22.9 x 14.8 cm (9 x 5 13/16 in.)
- Collection: PR - Lithograph
- Department: Prints
- Accession number: 1921.57
Collection credit
Gift of Ralph King
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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