Etching and aquatint of the character Beckmesser in Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg serenading Eva or Magdalena at night.

by Ferdinand Staeger 1880-1976 . A rare proof copy by Richard Wagner

$500 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

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370 x 249 mm + wide margins. Titled Ständchen in pencil and signed by the artist in pencil at lower right, just within platemark, with Probedrucke proof in pencil at lower left; remarque of six cats to center. Printed on japan paper. A fine, strong impression. Slightly worn and creased at margins. One of a series of 12 etchings by Staeger of scenes from Die Meistersinger in an edition of 175 copies only, published in Munich by

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