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Joseph Urban
1872-1933
Klingsor's Magic Garden, for"Parsifal", Act II, Scene 2
1919
Gouache on paper.
12 1/16 x 16 5/8 inches (306 x 421 mm)
Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.
1982.75:639
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This scene represents the final moment of the scene when Klingsor's Magic Garden "withers like a desert". Urban designed this set for a 1919 production of "Parsifal" at the Metropolitan Opera.

Provenance: 
Mrs. Joseph Urban; acquired in 1956 by Donald M. Oenslager.
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Urban, Joseph
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
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Modern and Contemporary Drawings