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Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920)

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Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920)

Herod (Herodes) (plate 6) from the portfolio On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)

Date:
(1885, published 1897)
Medium:
Etching and aquatint with chine collé
Dimensions:
plate: 10 7/8 x 7 1/2" (27.6 x 19 cm); sheet: 24 7/8 x 17 11/16" (63.2 x 44.9 cm)
Paper:
Cream, smooth, wove.
Publisher:
The artist
Printer:
Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig
Edition:
1st edition, 1889, printed by Ferd. Stecchini, Rome: 20; 2nd edition, 1897, printed by Giesecke & Devrient, Leipzig: 15; 3rd edition, 1897, after steel-facing [this ex.]: unknown; 4th edition, date unknown, published by Verlag Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin: unknown; 5th edition, 1922, published posthumously by Verlag Amsler & Ruthardt, Berlin: approx. 100; plus an unknown number in the posthumous Klinger portfolio published by J. Hartmann and Fel. Becker, Verlag Klinger-Haus, Leipzig, 1925
Credit Line:
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
Reference:
Singer 176 V.
MoMA Number:
652.1954
Themes:
Death, Fantasy
Techniques:
Intaglio

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