Max Klinger
Tod (Death)

ArtistGerman, 1857–1920
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Tod (Death)
  • 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: 9 x 14 in. (22.9 x 35.6 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, 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 number95.52.10
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ProvenanceGeorg Hirzel Collection, Leipzig, Germany; [Gerhard Wurzer Gallery, Houston, by 1995]; purchased by MFAH, 1995.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On the mat, in ink, lower center, "Max Klinger 1857 Leipzig", in pencil, lower left corner, "16/10".
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 166, vii/IX

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