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
Department
Location
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.
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
Docent information sheet
V:\Object Documentation\Prints\TL2005.23.2 Serusier\Artistes et Theatres 1991.pdf
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