Awakening (from the series A Love)
1887–1903
Medium
Etching and engraving; third edition; state eight of ten
Dimensions
Plate: 17 15/16 × 12 3/16 in. (45.5 × 30.9 cm) Sheet: 21 13/16 × 16 1/8 in. (55.4 × 40.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Dr. F. H. Hirschland, 1952
Accession Number
52.586.1(8)
Tags
Art Historical Context
" Awakening" forms part of Max Klinger's ambitious print cycle "A Love" (Eine Liebe), created between 1887 and 1903. Klinger, a leading figure in the German Symbolist movement, used the series to trace the emotional arc of a encounter through ten meticulously crafted scenes. This particular impression—an etching and engraving in its third edition and eighth state—reveals the artist's command of tonal gradation and fine line work, techniques that allowed him to suggest both delicate textures and psychological depth. The medium of etching and engraving was especially suited to Klinger's narrati...
About the Artist
Wilhelm Felsing|Max Klinger (German| ) · 1857 | –1920 |
German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena|