Max Klinger
Intermezzo

ArtistGerman, 1857–1920
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Intermezzo
  • from the series Eine Liebe, Opus X (A Love, Opus X)
Date1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
PlaceGermany
MediumEtching with engraving and aquatint
DimensionsPlate: 7 1/2 x 16 9/16 in. (19.1 x 42 cm)
Sheet: 24 x 17 1/2 in. (61 x 44.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment Fund, Ralph S. O'Connor, Benjamin and Renée Danziger in honor of Barry Walker, an anonymous lady in honor of Isabell Smith Herzstein, the estate of Alvin S. Romansky, the Rowan Foundation for Prints and Drawings, Edward Oppenheimer, Jr. in honor of Wynne Phelan, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Allen
Object number95.52.6
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ProvenanceGeorg Hirzel Collection, Leipzig, Germany; [Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, by 1995]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Exhibition History"The Art of Exaggeration," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 July - 23 September, 2012.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On the mat, in ink, lower center, "Max Klinger 1857 Leipzig", in pencil, lower left corner, "16/6". On the sheet, in ink, lower left corner, "cachimmus eruditus diaboli", lower center, "Intermezzo Adam und Eva und Tod und Teufel".
The etching is signed and dated in pencil, on sheet lower right corner, "M.K. 18 .lds. 1903", also signed "Felsing" (the printer), lower left corner.
Catalogue raisonnéSinger 162, viii/X

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Tod (Death)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.10
Neue Träume von Glück (New Dreams of Happiness)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.7
Schande (Shame)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.9
Nacht (Glück) / Night (Happiness)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.5
Erwachen (Awakening)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.8
Erste Begegnung (First Encounter)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.2
Am Thor (At the Gate)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.3
Kuss (im Park) / Kiss (In the Park)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint on wove paper
95.52.4
Widmung (Dedication)
Max Klinger
1880–1887, published 1903, second (deluxe) issue
Etching with engraving and aquatint
95.52.1
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Max Klinger
1890
Etching and aquatint printed on Japanese paper
2003.106
Rettung (Rescue), Plate IV
Max Klinger
1881
Etching
79.278
cropped recto of sheet
Max Klinger
1901
Mezzotint with engraving on wove paper
92.263