Max Klinger

Opus II: Rescue of Ovid's Victims

etchings and aquatints on paper, 1879

signed proofs
 

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 


"Malerische Zueignung (Anrufung)" ["Painter's Dedication (Invocation)"]

1879

etching and aquatint on rolled China

41,3 x 26 cm (plate)

proof impression of the 4th edition, 1891

in pencil signed, dated, and dedicated: "Seinem lieben [...] Max Klinger, L. [Leipzig] 4.3.1900"

The Daulton Collection


Minimally stained and with slight surface rubbing, and further minor signs of wear; otherwise very nice copy.


Plate I from Klinger's print cycle Rettungen ovidischer Opfer, Opus II [Rescue of Ovid's Victims - Opus III].


Singer (catalogue raisonne) 25 VI.

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 


"Pyramus und Thisbe I" ["Pyramus and Thisbe I"]

1879

etching on chine appliqué on card

19,7 x 24 (appliqué)

trial proof of the 2nd state, the finished plate before the number and name

in pencil signed lower right: "M. Klinger"


The Daulton Collection


Plate 2 from Klinger's print cycle Rettungen ovidischer Opfer, Opus II [Rescue of Ovid's Victims - Opus III].


Singer (catalogue raisonné) 26 II.
Contact:
Jack Daulton
The Jack Daulton Collection
Los Altos Hills, California
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