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Max Klinger

295 works

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Etching with a large decorative letter D enclosing a bearded old man in a tree, above a seated woman holding a baby.

Initial D (Die Ruhe auf der Flucht)

1889

Kauernder weiblicher Akt

1913

Sepia print of a winged woman carrying a child toward a crescent moon over a globe, with an ornate border and exhibition text

Die Gurlitt-Ausstellungskarte: Fantasie und Künstlerkind

1881

Etched bookplate with the inscription Ex Libris Max Klinger, showing a standing nude woman by a sea and rocky shore.

Ex libris Max Klinger

1896

Etching of muscular figures carrying a stone inscribed Menzel above waves, framed by a border of masks and flowers.

Das Menzelfestblatt

1884

Etching of a farmhouse beside tall poplars and trees, with a dark pond and reeds in the foreground under a cloudy sky.

Mittag (Vier Landschaften, Opus VII, Blatt 1)

1883

Etching of a muddy country road lined with staked young trees and a wooden fence under a dark, overcast sky.

Die Chaussee (Vier Landschaften, Opus VII, Blatt 2)

1883

Etching of a river with a wooden footbridge, farmhouses and trees beneath a dramatic cloudy sky.

Mondnacht (Vier Landschaften, Opus VII, Blatt 3)

1883

Etching of a rural landscape with a large barn, trees, flat fields and a dramatic cloudy sky above a dark foreground.

Sommernachmittag (Vier Landschaften, Opus VII, Blatt 4)

1883

Etching of a bare-shouldered woman with hand on chest before dark trees, with inscription in left margin.

Die Quelle (nach Arnold Böcklin)

1889

Etching of tall poplars beside a curving canal with nude bathers at the water's edge and a distant village.

Sommertag (nach Arnold Böcklin)

1882

Etched title page showing a floating nude woman beneath a crescent moon, with reeds at left and a creature below.

Titelblatt (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 1)

1879

Etching of a child leaning against a tree, writing with a quill on grass beside small flowers.

Malerische Zueignung (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 2)

1879

Etching of two crabs and a lobster-like creature resting on rocks against a pale background, rendered in fine hatched lines.

Siesta (Siesta I) (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 3)

1879

Etching of a woman in white lying in grass beneath leafless birch trees, with a distant horizon line.

Frühlingsanfang (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 4)

1879

Title page of Max Klinger's etching series Eva und die Zukunft, with red and black printed text on cream paper.

Title Page from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

1898

Etching of a seated nude woman with long hair in a woodland clearing by a pond, with a reclining figure beside trees.

Eva from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

1898

Etching of an upright cat-like creature standing on a rocky path between steep cliffs, with distant hills beyond.

Erste Zukunft from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

1898

Etching of a seated nude man with a spear, perched on a large fish under a cloudy sky.

Zweite Zukunft from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

1898

Etching of a nude man hugging his knees on a rocky slope, with cliffs, trees and distant snowy mountains behind him.

Adam from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

1898

Etching of a gaunt figure raising a wooden cross over a crowd of faces, with smoke and a wall behind.

Dritte Zukunft from Eva und die Zukunft (Rad.-Werk III)

1898

Etching of a nude woman seated on a swing bar beside a large dark bird with spread wings, on a pale background.

Schaukel (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 5)

1879

Etching of a nude man dying on a rocky mountain ledge while a vulture perches behind him beside a fallen staff.

Wanderers Ende (Sterbender Wanderer) (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 7)

1879

Etching of a woman resting in a hammock under a flowering branch, with a seated lion cub and a distant mountain beside her.

Dolce Far Niente (Siesta II) (Radierte Skizzen, Opus I, Blatt 8)

1879

Etching of a seated nude woman with long hair by a stream, with a reclining figure and trees in the background.

Eva (Eva und die Zukunft, Opus III, Blatt 1)

1880

Etching of an upright cat standing on a stone path between steep rock walls, with distant hills beyond.

Erste Zukunft (Eva und die Zukunft, Opus III, Blatt 2)

1880

Etching of a nude woman beneath a tree where a serpent coils around branches, with a lake landscape behind her.

Die Schlange (Eva und die Zukunft, Opus III, Blatt 3)

1880

Etching of a crouching nude man with a barbed spear, seated on a large dark fish against a cloudy sky.

Zweite Zukunft (Eva und die Zukunft, Opus III, Blatt 4)

1880

Etching of a long-haired nude man carrying a nude woman across a rocky plateau beside pale cliffs and distant mountains.

Adam (Eva und die Zukunft, Opus III, Blatt 5)

1880

Etching of a skeletal figure raising a wooden cross above a crowd of faces, with a bridge and cross in the distant landscape.

Dritte Zukunft (Eva und die Zukunft, Opus III, Blatt 6)

1880

Print with a muscular figure lifting a city view beside text honoring Dr. Otto Georgi, framed by a coat of arms and garlands.

Ehrenbürgerbrief für Oberbürgermeister Dr. Otto Georgi

1899

Etching by Max Klinger showing crowned heads above, a reclining nude woman over water, and a hooded figure by a rocky shore.

Vorspiel (Zelt, Opus XIV, 1. Teil, Nr. 1)

1915