Benjamin Kopman

"At the Opera"

1938

An opera singer performs passionately with one hand raised and two listeners seated behind her.
An opera singer performs passionately with one hand raised and two listeners seated behind her.

Recto

Not on view

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

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Two seated figures in dark sketch, one holding an upright sword-like blade.
Three museum visitors closely examine two framed portraits hanging on a gallery wall.
Four people grimacing and clutching their heads while leaning together in a tense struggle.
A stern uniformed man with a tall hat walks beside a bowed woman along a path.
Three cloaked men in top hats stand and sit while one writes at a desk.
A dense crowd of seated figures with somber expressions packed closely together.
A crowd of rough figures with a triumphant leader raising arms over fallen people.


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