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Destiny

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18” x 24” 10-colour screen print300gsm Gmund Bauhaus DessauHand numberedPrinted by White Duck EditionsLimited edition of 70
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Our posters are printed by the best professionals in the industry on museum quality paper using archival pigments formulated to stand the test of time. Due to the nature of the printing process each print will vary ever-so-slightly. This edition will not be reprinted.

The next instalment in Peter Diamond's Fritz Lang poster series is ‘Der müde Tod’, or Weary Death, better known in the anglosphere by its given name ‘Destiny’. “First and foremost this movie (and my design) is about the portrayal of Death as a servant, weighed down by the burden of his duty to God (the original title Der Müde Tod translates literally to Weary Death). In his bargain with a young woman begging for the return of her dead fiancé he’s breaking the rules of Heaven, and the Langian masterstroke of the film comes late in the story with Lil Dagover’s dark turn as she desperately seeks a living soul to trade in for her lover’s.” — Read more.