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Max Klinger

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Painted sketch of workers on a half-built house, with a woman carrying a basket up a wooden scaffold beside a brick wall.

Workers at a House Construction

1889

Painting of a skeleton standing on a sandbank at a calm lake, with dark trees on the left and a cloudy sky.

„Der pinkelnde Tod“

1880

Oil self-portrait of a red-bearded man in wire-rimmed glasses against a warm ochre background, painted in loose brushstrokes.

Selbstbildnis

1891

Charcoal and white chalk sketch of a hunched seated man in loose drapery on tan paper, with a handwritten date.

The Chronicler (recto and verso)

April 5, 1888 (recto); April 6, 1888 (verso)

Etching of a skeletal figure raising a cross above a crowd of anguished faces, with smoke and a distant cross behind.

Third Future, plate six from Eve and the Future

1880

Etching of a man's face rising from stormy sea under a churning cloudy sky, mouth open in alarm.

Downfall, plate twelve from A Life

1884

Etching in brown tones of a flying female figure reaching toward a globe under a crescent moon, with ornate border and exhibi

Card for the Gurlitt Exhibition: Imagination and the Child Artist

1881

Etching of a woman with long hair seated on a bed, looking toward a window with a distant landscape in a dim room.

Awakening, plate eight from A Love

1887, signed and dated in 1903

Etching of a woman in a shadowy dream, with ghostly faces and a reaching hand emerging behind her.

Dreams, plate three from A Life

1884

Etching of a nude man reaching toward a pale spectral figure, with a reclining body and rocky landscape below.

Philosopher, plate three from One Death, Part II

c. 1889

Etching of nude figures on a rocky cliff above the sea, with winged creatures and the dedication To Arnold Böcklin.

Dedication, plate one from A Love

1887

Etching of a man bending to pick up a glove in a park, with walking women, a dog, and a pavilion behind a railing.

A Glove: Action

1881

Etching of a sleeping figure beside a candle, with tall blossoming branches and a dark hilly landscape behind.

Wishes, plate three from A Glove

1881

Etching of a pale nude figure on a dark rocky ledge beside a tree stump, looking upward into a shadowed void.

Back into Nothingness, plate fifteen from A Life

1884

Monochrome print of a young man's head and shoulders framed by dark shapes, with foliage and light behind him.

Memory

1894

Titelblatt (Malerische Zueignung / Anrufung) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 1 [1b])

1879

Etching of a nude woman with flowing hair flying through clouds while gripping two taut lines.

Intermezzo (Erstes Intermezzo) (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 6)

1879

Etching of a riverside landscape with trees, poplars and reeds, framed by an ornate architectural border with floral panel be

Narcissus und Echo II (Rettungen Ovidischer Opfer, Opus II, Blatt 8)

1879

Etching of a bear gazing up at a nude figure perched in flowering trees, with a river and hills behind.

Bär und Elfe (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 1)

1881

Etching of a seated nude figure before a cliff and waterfalls in a mountain valley, by Max Klinger.

Mondnacht (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 4)

1881

Etching of two centaurs fighting on a snowy slope below a craggy mountain under a stormy sky.

Kämpfende Centauren (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 5)

1881

Pen drawing of a roller skater bending forward on a rink, a woman in white watching, a couple nearby, and a gazebo behind.

1878 Klinger Handschuh 02 Handlung anagoria

1878

Ink and wash drawing of a nude man standing in water with arms raised toward a cloudy sky, trees on the horizon.

Und Doch!

1883

Etching of draped women near a fountain among cypress trees, with a river and temple on a hill, in a classical border.

Psyche Wandering, plate 28 from Cupid and Psyche

1880

Etching of three draped women seated on a terrace between classical columns, with trees and mountains in the background.

Psyche and her Sisters, plate 18 from Cupid and Psyche

1880

Grey paper with ink sketches of book headpieces and vignettes, including a laurel wreath, a winged figure, and a reclining fi

Studies for headpieces and vignettes in the book, Amor und Psyche (Opus V)

1878

Etching of a rocky mountain landscape with centaurs among boulders above a lake and forested hills.

Bergsturz (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 6)

1881

Etching of an old bearded man helping a child write at a rough wooden table in a forest hut beside a stream.

Simplici Schreibstunde (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 7)

1881

Etching of a kneeling long-haired man in a forest clearing beside a hermit's hut, cabbages, rocks and a pond.

Simplicius am Grabe des Einsiedlers (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 8)

1881

Etching of a fallen rider and horse beneath a large tree, with birds flying overhead and a sword on the ground.

Gefallener Reiter (Intermezzi, Opus IV, Blatt 11)

1881

Etching of a nude woman beside a large tree with birds on a lake shore, with a decorative German text panel below.

Prefacio I (Ein Leben, Opus VIII, Blatt 1)

1884

Etching of a young woman in bed with grotesque faces, a skull and clawed hands looming out of darkness behind her.

Träume (Ein Leben, Opus VIII, Blatt 3)

1884