Program for L'Assomption de Hannele Mattern (The Assumption of Hannele Mattern), produced by Le Théâtre Libre

Maker and role
Artist: Paul Sérusier, French, 1863-1927
 Year
1894
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Object detail

Media/Materials
Lithograph
Measurements
11 5/8 x 8 11/16in (29.6 x 22cm)
Credit line
Gift of the Tobin Foundation for Theatre Arts and Museum purchase
Accession number
TL2005.23.2
Object type
Prints
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
L'assomption de Hannele Mattern: Play by Gerhart Hauptmann
En l'Attendant: Play by Léon Roux

Produced by Le Théâtre Libre, Paris, 1894.
Further information
In German playwright Gerhardt Hauptmann's "dream play," a young girl's failed suicide attempt leads to spiritual visions in deathbed scenes recalling Munch's paintings and prints.
Documentation
Artistes et théâtres d'avant-garde: programmes de théâtre illustrés, Paris, 1890-1900; Geneviève Aitken, Samuel Josefowitz (b.1921, d.2015); 1991; p. 30-31, 105; no. 24b
Subject period
Post-Impressionist
Les Nabis
Docent information sheet
V:\Object Documentation\Prints\TL2005.23.2 Serusier\Artistes et Theatres 1991.pdf
Associated person
Le Thèâtre Libre
Maker

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