"Hansel And Gretel," The Gingerbread Children by Humperdinck Music, Animals, Dancing, Songs – Antique Wall Art
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of "Hansel And Gretel," The Gingerbread Children by Humperdinck Music, Animals, Dancing, Songs. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
"Hansel And Gretel," The Gingerbread Children by Humperdinck Music, Animals, Dancing, Songs
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Gingerbread children dance across this Massachusetts poster, a clue to the subject: an advertisement for a staging of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera *Hansel and Gretel*. Humperdinck, a German composer, wrote the work in the 1890s, and its premiere in Weimar in 1893 drew on the Brothers Grimm tale of two children lured into a witch's gingerbread house. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, commissioned posters like this one in the late 1930s to promote concerts, plays, and other community events, often hand-lettered and printed by silkscreen. The witch and candy house explain the poster's place among Halloween material.
| Created / published | c. 1936-1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | print, poster, silkscreen, color |
| Notes | Massachusetts, Federal Art Project |
| Original scan | 2,400 × 3,831 px · prints to 8 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 3f05558u late 1930s |
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