Ängste (Fears) from Ein Handschuh (A Glove). Cyclus von zehn Compositionen radirt. Rad. Opus VI, Plate VII. First edition
Medium
Etching, drypoint and aquatint on chine collé; first edition
Dimensions
Overall: 18 5/16 x 26 in. (46.5 x 66 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2009
Accession Number
2009.51
Tags
Art Historical Context
Max Klinger’s *Ängste (Fears)* forms the seventh plate in his celebrated cycle *Ein Handschuh (A Glove)* of 1881. Created as a series of ten etchings, the cycle follows an imagined narrative centered on a lost glove that becomes an object of desire, anxiety, and fantasy. Klinger, working in the Symbolist vein, used the motif to explore the inner life of the modern individual, blending everyday scenes with unsettling psychological drama. The print employs etching, drypoint, and aquatint on chine collé, techniques that allowed Klinger to achieve delicate textures and deep tonal contrasts. These...
About the Artist
F. Felsing|Max Klinger (German|German) · |1857 – |1920
|German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena