1939 Full-Page Book Illustration by Arthur Rackham

From Richard Wagner's Ring of the Niblung: The Valkyrie

Wotan Sorrowfully Leaves Brünnhilde
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Offered is an original 1939 book plate showing a scene from The Valkyrie; the second part of Wagner's Ring Cycle.

Excellent Arthur Rackham illustration showing Wotan departs from Brünnhilde .
In Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen, Wotan has pronounced her punishment: banished from Valhalla, stripped of her divinity, she will lie asleep on this rock and will belong to the man who finds her and awakens her.

Printed on medium weight paper which is blank on the reverse. The following caption is printed below the illustration:

As he moves slowly away, Wotan turns and looks sorrowfully back at Brünnhilde

Sheet size is about 7 x 9.5;  The size of the picture itself is about  5" x 7"

Image is shown below without its full margins.

CONDITION: Excellent: No tears or marks.

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