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In "The Valkyrie," the second opera of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, the hero Siegmund, in need of a weapon to fight the unwanted husband of his sister--and lover--Sieglinde, cries out: "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater" ("My father pledged me a sword"), the words that appear just under the horizon here.

 

My Father Pledged Me a Sword
"Ein Schwert Verhiess mir der Vater"
1975. Watercolor, gouache, and ballpoint pen on paper
12 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (32.1 x 24.1 cm)
Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift , 1995
1995.14.15

 

 

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