Artworks · Max Klinger

Dreams, plate three from A Life

1884 · Etching and aquatint, with stipple on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 31.8 × 17.8 cm (12 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.); Plate, approx: 38 × 22.2 cm (15 × 8 3/4 in.); Primary support: 37.1 × 21.5 cm (14 5/8 × 8 1/2 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Abandoned, plate five from A Life

1884 · Etching and aquatint, with stipple and drypoint, in sanguine on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 33.9 × 52.2 cm (13 3/8 × 20 9/16 in.); Plate, approx: 39.5 × 55.8 cm (15 9/16 × 22 in.); Primary support: 38 × 55 cm (15 × 21 11/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Preface I, plate one from A Life

1884 · Etching, with aquatint, roulette and drypoint in black and red ink on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 34.3 × 27.8 cm (13 9/16 × 11 in.); Plate: 36.6 × 31.2 cm (14 7/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Primary support: 35.5 × 29.9 cm (14 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Preface I, plate two from A Life

1884 · Aquatint and etching, with burnishing in plate on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 17.3 × 32.9 cm (6 13/16 × 13 in.); Plate: 20.9 × 35.9 cm (8 1/4 × 14 3/16 in.); Primary support: 20 × 34.9 cm (7 7/8 × 13 3/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dreams, plate three from A Life

1884 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 49.6 × 33.6 cm (19 9/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 62 × 46.4 cm (24 7/16 × 18 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Downfall, plate twelve from A Life

1884 · Etching and drypoint on ivory wove paper

Plate: 27.6 × 22.8 cm (10 7/8 × 9 in.); Sheet: 30 × 24.8 cm (11 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Going Under (from the series A Life)

1884 · Etching and aquatint; final state of six

Plate: 10 7/8 × 9 in. (27.6 × 22.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dreams (Träume) (plate 3) for the portfolio A Life, Opus VIII (Ein Leben, Opus VIII)

1884 · Etching and aquatint

composition: 10 1/8 x 5 11/16" (25.7 x 14.4 cm); plate: 12 1/8 x 7 1/16" (30.8 x 18 cm); sheet: 24 9/16 x 17 11/16" (62.4 x 44.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Going Under Going Under (rejected plate) for the supplementary suite accompanying the portfolio A Life, Opus VIII

1884 · Etching and aquatint

plate: 11 x 9 1/8" (27.9 x 23.2 cm); sheet: 21 3/4 x 16 11/16" (55.3 x 42.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Abandoned, plate five from A Life

1884 · Etching and aquatint in dark brown and reddish-orange ink on lightweight off-white wove paper, laid down on heavy off-white wove plate paper

Image: 27.4 × 42.4 cm (10 13/16 × 16 3/4 in.); Plate: 32 × 45.3 cm (12 5/8 × 17 7/8 in.); Sheet: 37 × 53.3 cm (14 5/8 × 21 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

On Death, Part I

1884 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Child, from On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Kind, Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)

1884 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Night, from On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Nacht, Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)

1884 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art

Finis, from A Life

1884 · Aquatint and etching, with drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 31.9 × 27.2 cm (12 9/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Plate: 36.8 × 31.1 cm (14 1/2 × 12 1/4 in.); Primary support: 35.6 × 29.9 cm (14 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Märztage III (March Days III)

1883 · wove paper

plate: 45.7 x 35.2 cm (18 x 13 7/8 in.) image: 43.4 x 33.5 cm (17 1/16 x 13 3/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Märztage II (March Days II)

1883 · wove paper

image: 43.4 x 33.5 cm (17 1/16 x 13 3/16 in.) plate: 45.5 x 35.2 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ein Mord (A Murder)

1883 · wove paper

image: 42 x 29.6 cm (16 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.) plate: 45.4 x 31.4 cm (17 7/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Märztage I (March Days I)

1883 · wove paper

plate: 45.5 x 35.3 cm (17 15/16 x 13 7/8 in.) image: 42.3 x 32.6 cm (16 5/8 x 12 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Im Walde (In the Forest)

1883 · wove paper

plate: 45.3 x 31.4 cm (17 13/16 x 12 3/8 in.) image: 41 x 27.5 cm (16 1/8 x 10 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Eine Mutter II (A Mother II)

1883 · wove paper

image: 41.5 x 28 cm (16 5/16 x 11 in.) plate: 45.4 x 31.6 cm (17 7/8 x 12 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Eine Mutter III (A Mother III)

1883 · wove paper

image: 41.1 x 31.6 cm (16 3/16 x 12 7/16 in.) plate: 45.4 x 35.7 cm (17 7/8 x 14 1/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Eine Mutter I (A Mother I)

1883 · wove paper

image: 41.5 x 25.5 cm (16 5/16 x 10 1/16 in.) plate: 45.4 x 35.6 cm (17 7/8 x 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ein Schritt (A Step)

1883 · wove paper

image: 41.5 x 23.8 cm (16 5/16 x 9 3/8 in.) plate: 45.4 x 27.9 cm (17 7/8 x 11 in.)

National Gallery of Art

In Flagranti

1883 · wove paper

image: 41.5 x 24.7 cm (16 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Dedication

1883 · wove paper

Design with border: 47.2 x 37.2 cm (18 9/16 x 14 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Title Page

1883 · wove paper

sheet: 63 x 45 cm (24 13/16 x 17 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Dramen: VI Motive in X Blättern. Radierungen Opus IX

1883 · portfolio of 10 etchings, some with drypoint and aquatint in various shades of brown and black on wove paper

book: 64.3 x 37 x 1.5 cm (25 5/16 x 14 9/16 x 9/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Und Doch!

1883 · pen

sheet: 43.3 x 32.2 cm (17 1/16 x 12 11/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Three Studies of Heads of Women

1883 · Pen and black ink

Sheet: 12 1/4 × 10 3/8 in. (31.1 × 26.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Die Chaussee, from the series Vier Landschaften

1883 · Etching and aquatint

Plate: 20 7/16 × 14 1/16 in. (51.9 × 35.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A Mother I from Dramas, Opus IX

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 15/16 x 12 9/16" (45.5 x 31.9 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 18 1/8" (60.8 x 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Mother III (Eine Mutter III) from Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 15/16 x 14 1/8" (45.5 x 35.8 cm); sheet: 24 x 18 5/16" (60.9 x 46.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Mother II (Eine Mutter II) from Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 7/8 x 12 9/16" (45.4 x 31.9 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 18 3/16" (60.8 x 46.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

March Days I from Dramas, Opus IX

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 15/16 x 14 1/8" (45.5 x 35.8 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 x 18 1/8" (60.7 x 46 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

A Murder (Ein Mord) from Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 7/8 x 12 9/16" (45.4 x 31.9 cm); sheet: 24 x 18 5/16" (61 x 46.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

March Days III (Märztage III) from Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 7/8 x 12 5/8" (45.4 x 32 cm); sheet: 23 15/16 x 18 1/4" (60.8 x 46.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

In Flagranti from Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Etching with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 18 x 12 9/16" (45.7 x 31.9 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 x 18 1/16" (61.2 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

March Days II (Märztage II) from Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate: 17 7/8 x 14 1/8" (45.4 x 35.8 cm); sheet: 24 1/8 x 18 1/4" (61.2 x 46.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dramas, Opus IX (Dramen, Opus IX)

1883 · Eight plates from a portfolio of four etchings with chine collé and six etchings and aquatints with chine collé

plate (see child records); sheet (each, approx.): 24 7/8 x 17 11/16" (63.2 x 44.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

On the Tracks (Auf den Schienen) (plate 8) from the portfolio On Death, Part I, Opus XI (Vom Tode, Erster Teil, Opus XI)

1883 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé

plate: 10 1/2 x 7 1/2" (26.6 x 19.1 cm); sheet: 18 7/8 x 14 11/16" (48 x 37.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Die Chaussee, from the series Vier Landschaften

1883 · Etching and aquatint

Plate: 20 7/16 × 14 1/16 in. (51.9 × 35.7 cm) Sheet: 27 5/8 × 20 7/8 in. (70.1 × 53 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eine Mutter

1882 · etching on japan paper

plate: 45.6 x 32 cm (17 15/16 x 12 5/8 in.) sheet: 62.9 x 45.6 cm (24 3/4 x 17 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Landslide (Bergsturz)

1881 · etching and aquatint

National Gallery of Art

Moonlit Night (Mondnacht)

1881 · etching and aquatint

National Gallery of Art

Abduction, plate nine from A Glove

1881 · Etching and aquatint on ivory chine collé on off-white wove paper

Image: 21.8 × 8.9 cm (8 5/8 × 3 9/16 in.); Plate: 26.9 × 12 cm (10 5/8 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 66.3 × 45.1 cm (26 1/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cupid, plate ten from A Glove

1881 · Etching and aquatint on ivory chine collé on off-white wove paper

Image: 10.9 × 23.7 cm (4 5/16 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 14.2 × 26.6 cm (5 5/8 × 10 1/2 in.); Sheet: 44.8 × 63.1 cm (17 11/16 × 24 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Repose

1881 · Etching on ivory chine collé on off-white wove paper

Image: 11.1 × 23.4 cm (4 3/8 × 9 1/4 in.); Plate: 14.3 × 26.7 cm (5 11/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Sheet: 44.7 × 63.1 cm (17 5/8 × 24 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Rescue, plate four from A Glove

1881 · Etching on ivory chine collé on off-white wove paper

Image: 14.3 × 10.4 cm (5 11/16 × 4 1/8 in.); Plate: 12.8 × 18.2 cm (5 1/16 × 7 3/16 in.); Sheet: 63.1 × 45.2 cm (24 7/8 × 17 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago