Benjamin Kopman

"At the Opera"

1938

A black and white expressionist-style lithograph titled "At The Opera, 1959" by Benjamin Kopman, depicting a scene with an emotional central figure who appears to be a woman with her hand to her face, possibly in distress or deep contemplation, surrounded by other figures in a dark, crowded setting that suggests an audience.

A black and white expressionist-style lithograph titled "At The Opera, 1959" by Benjamin Kopman, depicting a scene with an emotional central figure who appears to be a woman with her hand to her face, possibly in distress or deep contemplation, surrounded by other figures in a dark, crowded setting that suggests an audience.

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Date
1938

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph

Dimensions
Sheet: 17 × 12 13/16 in. (43.2 × 32.5 cm) Image: 12 3/4 × 9 11/16 in. (32.4 × 24.6 cm)

Accession number
39.1.1

Edition
3/30

Publication
Published by J.B. Neumann

Credit line
Purchase

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist's estate

API
artworks/5567

Part of a series:
Humanity
10 works

A black and white expressionist-style lithograph titled "At The Opera, 1959" by Benjamin Kopman, depicting a scene with an emotional central figure who appears to be a woman with her hand to her face, possibly in distress or deep contemplation, surrounded by other figures in a dark, crowded setting that suggests an audience.

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Benjamin Kopman
13 works in the collection, 8 exhibitions

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