Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920)

Plague (Pest) (plate 5) for the portfolio On Death, Part II, Opus XIII (Vom Tode, Zweiter Teil, Opus XIII)

Date:

1903 (published 1904)

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

composition: 14 1/4 x 12 3/8" (36.2 x 31.5 cm); plate: 19 7/16 x 13 3/8" (49.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 23 1/16 x 16 3/4" (58.5 x 42.5 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid Japan.

Publisher:

Verbindung für historische Kunst, Berlin, Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin

Printer:

Otto Felsing, Berlin

Edition:

State proof before the edition of 280

Credit Line:

Purchase

Reference:

Singer 234 III.

MoMA Number:

80.1955

Themes:

Death

Techniques:

Intaglio