Ort (Place) from Ein Handschuh (A Glove). Cyclus von zehn Compositionen radirt. Rad. Opus VI, Plate I. 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
2009.45
Tags
Art Historical Context
Max Klinger’s *Ort (Place)* opens his celebrated 1881 cycle *Ein Handschuh (A Glove)*, a groundbreaking series of ten etchings that follows the mysterious journey of a single woman’s glove. Created when the artist was only twenty-three, the print introduces viewers to the quiet park bench where the glove is discovered, setting the stage for the psychological drama that unfolds across the cycle. Working in a Symbolist vein, Klinger transforms an everyday object into a potent emblem of desire, loss, and fantasy. The plate demonstrates Klinger’s technical brilliance. Combining etching, drypoint,...
About the Artist
F. Felsing|Max Klinger (German|German) · |1857 – |1920
|German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena