Max Klinger (1857-1920)
"Eine Liebe: Erste Begegnung - Verworfene Platte" ["A love: First Encounter - discarded plate"]
circa 1881
etching on China paper
44,6 x 27,2 cm (plate)
proof impression of the third (final) state
in pencil lower left inscribed by the artist lower: "3. état 8. preuve" ["3rd state, 8th impression"]
in pencil lower left signed and dated by the artist: "Max Klinger 16 / 7.82"
The Daulton Collection
Singer (catalogue raisonne) 167 III. According to Singer, there were only "15 impressions in all." Singer mentions the present sheet with the annotated date of July 16, 1882.
Provenance: ex coll. Heinrich Stinnes (1867-1932), Cologne, who was the greatest German print collector of his day and was known for acquiring the rarest and finest impressions; his purple collector stamp (Lugt 4436) lower left
Proof of the third (final) state of the rejected plate for Sheet 2 (Singer 158) of the portfolio Eine Liebe, Opus X.
Splendid and atmospheric impression with the completed depiction and the delicate drypoint monogram lower right; with a wide, probably the full margin.
Condition: merely slightly dusty, minimally stained, delicate water-stain at upper right; otherwise, an immaculately beautiful and unblemished copy.
