Ruhe (Repose) from Ein Handschuh (A Glove). Cyclus von zehn Compositionen radirt. Rad. Opus VI, Plate VIII. 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
2009.52
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Ruhe (Repose) from *Ein Handschuh (A Glove)*, 1881** Max Klinger, a pioneering German Symbolist artist, this etching as Plate VIII in his renowned cycle *Ein Handschuh*, or *A Glove*, Opus—a series of ten intricate compositions etched between 1881 and 1892. The work centers on the enigmatic motif of a discarded glove, weaving a fantastical narrative of desire, loss, and psychological depth. Printed by F. Felsing, this first-edition impression captures Klinger's obsession with everyday objects as symbols of deeper human emotions, bridging Realism and the emerging Symbolist movement in late 1...
About the Artist
F. Felsing|Max Klinger (German|German) · |1857 – |1920
|German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena