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Turandot
SINNOTT, Kevin (1947 - )
Date: 1987
Media: oil on canvas
Size: 281.3 x 204.6
Acquired: 2003; Gift; National Art Collections Fund
Accession Number: NMW A 25795
This picture formed the centre of Sinnott's second one person show at Bernard Jacobson's Cork Street Gallery in 1987, which was based on Puccini's last opera 'Turandot'. The vengeful Princess Turandot sets three riddles to be solved by her suitors, who face death if they fail. The attempt by Prince Calaf to win her hand forms the core of the drama. Sinnott says of Turandot "It's more illustrative than I would expect a painting of mine to turn out now", explaining that during the early 1980s he was reacting against the Modernist emphasis on form over content. " A painting like Turandot had taken me quite a long way down the road from my own more modernist past when content was always secondary."
Comments - (3)
Dear John,
I'm afraid Turandot is not on display and there are no immediate plans for it to go into a gallery. It can be arranged for you to visit the painting in store, normally we would ask for three weeks' notice in these cases, in order to fetch the painting and get it ready. For information on how to arrange such a visit, please go to our enquiries page.
Best wishes,
Sara
Digital Team
Hi there John,
I will check with our Department of Art and get back to you.
Best wishes,
Sara
Digital Team