Nicola Perscheid (Moselweiss near Koblenz 1864-1930 Berlin)
Portrait of the symbolist artist Max Klinger (1859-1920)
1902
photogravure (heliogravure)
16,6 x 16,1 cm (image)
typographical text in margin lower left: "N. Perscheid Leipzig. Portrait: Max Klinger."
typographical text in margin lower right identifying the publisher: "Georg Büxenstein & Comp.,Berlin hel."
titled and dated in the image upper right: Max Klinger 1902"
blind-stamp in the photgravure lower right: "N. Perscheid"
The Daulton Collection
in very good condition
Reference: Photographisches Central-Blatt. Zeitschrift für künstlerische und wissenschaftliche Photographie. Jahrgang [Volume] 9 (1903), Heft [Issue] 15, Plate 39.
The pictorialists and portraitists around the turn of the century often used hand-pulled photogravures because of their fine rendition.
