Artworks · Max Klinger

Self-Portrait with Fist to Face

1918 · Aquatint on cream wove Japanese vellum

Image/plate: 22.8 × 15.7 cm (9 × 6 3/16 in.); Sheet: 33.4 × 27.6 cm (13 3/16 × 10 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Standing Nude

1914 · black chalk with gouache on brown paper

Overall (approximate): 64.5 x 34.2 cm (25 3/8 x 13 7/16 in.) support: 66.3 x 35.5 cm (26 1/8 x 14 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Galatea

1906 · Cast silver; marble

Confirmed field dimensions: 43 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 18 3/4 in. (111.1 × 31.8 × 47.6 cm) figure: 31 1/2 × 12 3/16 × 13 3/8 in. (80 × 31 × 34 cm) base: 21 15/16 × 10 5/8 × 13 3/8 in. (55.7 × 27 × 34 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plague (Pest) (plate 5) for the portfolio On Death, Part II, Opus XIII (Vom Tode, Zweiter Teil, Opus XIII)

1903 · Etching

composition: 14 1/4 x 12 3/8" (36.2 x 31.5 cm); plate: 19 7/16 x 13 3/8" (49.4 x 34 cm); sheet: 23 1/16 x 16 3/4" (58.5 x 42.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Philosopher (Der Philosoph) (plate, preceding p. 97) from the periodical Pan, vol. 1, no. 2 (Jul-Aug 1895)

1895 · Aquatint and etching

Plate 10 1/2 x 6 3/16" (26.7 x 15.7 cm) Sheet 13 15/16 x 10 11/16" (35.4 x 27.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Brahms Fantasie (Opus XII)

1894 · aquatint on paper

height: 487 cm, height: 240 cm, height: 309 cm, width: 409 cm, width: 360 cm

Rijksmuseum

Erinnerung (Memory)

1892 · etching and mezzotint on wove cream paper

plate: 27.7 × 15 cm (10 7/8 × 5 7/8 in.) sheet: 36 × 26.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

A Standing Nude

1891 · mezzotint and etching on japan paper

plate: 28.8 × 16.8 cm (11 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.) sheet: 48 × 35.2 cm (18 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

On the Rails, plate eight from On Death, Part I

1889 · Etching and aquatint on cream wove paper

Image: 21.9 × 14.3 cm (8 5/8 × 5 11/16 in.); Plate: 26.5 × 18.7 cm (10 7/16 × 7 3/8 in.); Sheet: 55.5 × 31.1 cm (21 7/8 × 12 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Philosopher, plate three from One Death, Part II

1889 · Etching and aquatint on dark cream wove paper

Plate: 30.7 × 17.2 cm (12 1/8 × 6 13/16 in.); Sheet: 58.5 × 30.7 cm (23 1/16 × 12 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dead Mother, plate ten from On Death, Part II

1889 · Etching in black ink on lightweight cream wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper (chine collé)

Image: 38.6 × 29.6 cm (15 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.); Plate: 45.6 × 34.7 cm (18 × 13 11/16 in.); Sheet: 63.4 × 47.4 cm (25 × 18 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Chronicler (recto and verso)

1888 · Graphite, heightened with white goauche (recto and verso), on tan wove paper

43.2 × 30 cm (17 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Night, from On Death Part I

1888 · Etching, aquatint and burnishing in black ink on ivory wove paper

Image: 27.5 × 27.3 cm (10 7/8 × 10 3/4 in.); Plate: 31.5 × 31.5 cm (12 7/16 × 12 7/16 in.); Sheet: 36 × 36 cm (14 3/16 × 14 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

At the Gate (Am Thor)

1887 · etching on Japan paper

plate: 45.72 × 31.75 cm (18 × 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 58.1 × 40.64 cm (22 7/8 × 16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

At the Gate (Am Thor)

1887 · etching

image: 40.9 x 27 cm (16 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.) plate: 45.8 x 31.7 cm (18 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.) sheet: 60.5 x 31.6 cm (23 13/16 x 12 7/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Shame, plate nine from A Love

1887 · Etching, engraving, and aquatint on cream wove paper

Plate: 45.5 × 30.9 cm (17 15/16 × 12 3/16 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 43.9 cm (23 1/8 × 17 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dedication, plate one from A Love

1887 · Etching and engraving on ivory wove paper

Plate: 45.9 × 35.7 cm (18 1/8 × 14 1/16 in.); Sheet: 67.5 × 47 cm (26 5/8 × 18 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Isle of the Dead

1887 · Etching and aquatint in black ink on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove plate paper (chine collé)

Image: 41.8 × 69.4 cm (16 1/2 × 27 3/8 in.); Plate: 61.3 × 77.4 cm (24 3/16 × 30 1/2 in.); Sheet: 67.6 × 87.4 cm (26 5/8 × 34 7/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Castle by the Sea

1887 · Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory wove paper

Plate: 76 × 55.7 cm (29 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.); Sheet: 87.9 × 59.9 cm (34 5/8 × 23 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Awakening, plate eight from A Love

1887 · Etching and engraving on cream wove paper

Plate: 45.9 × 31.8 cm (18 1/8 × 12 9/16 in.); Sheet: 80.3 × 57.2 cm (31 5/8 × 22 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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

1885 · Etching and aquatint with chine collé

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)

Museum of Modern Art

Historia, Modernitas, Pictura sacra, Homer, from A Life

1884 · Zincograph in black on cream laid paper

Image: 13.5 × 26 cm (5 3/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Title Page: A Life

1884 · Two etchings on one sheet of cream laid paper

Left plate: 11 × 8.6 cm (4 3/8 × 3 7/16 in.); Right plate: 11.3 × 8.2 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.); Sheet, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Christ and the Samaritan Woman, from A Life

1884 · Drypoint and aquatint, with etching on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 22.1 × 36.8 cm (8 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.); Plate: 22.1 × 36.8 cm (8 3/4 × 14 1/2 in.); Primary support, approx: 20.9 × 36.1 cm (8 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Downfall, from A Life

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

Image: 29.5 × 23.8 cm (11 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 34.4 × 28.6 cm (13 9/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Primary support: 33.1 × 27.3 cm (13 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Suffer!, plate fourteen from A Life

1884 · Etching, aquatint and drypoint in black ink on grayish ivory wove paper, laid down on cream laid plate paper (chine collé)

Image: 27.2 × 16.4 cm (10 3/4 × 6 1/2 in.); Plate: 29.5 × 20.5 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/8 in.); Primary support: 28.5 × 20 cm (11 1/4 × 7 7/8 in.); Secondary support: 62.8 × 45.8 cm (24 3/4 × 18 1/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Back into Nothingness, plate fifteen from A Life

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

Image: 32.8 × 26.9 cm (12 15/16 × 10 5/8 in.); Plate: 36.9 × 31.2 cm (14 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.); Primary support: 35.6 × 30.1 cm (14 1/16 × 11 7/8 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Proposition, from A Life

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

Image: 19.6 × 34.7 cm (7 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.); Plate: 22 × 37 cm (8 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Primary support: 20.9 × 35.5 cm (8 1/4 × 14 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Downfall, plate twelve from A Life

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

Image: 30.5 × 25.2 cm (12 1/16 × 9 15/16 in.); Plate: 34.2 × 28.5 cm (13 1/2 × 11 1/4 in.); Primary support: 33.2 × 27.4 cm (13 1/8 × 10 13/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

On the Street, from A Life

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

Image: 47.1 × 26.8 cm (18 9/16 × 10 9/16 in.); Plate: 51 × 30.9 cm (20 1/8 × 12 3/16 in.); Primary support: 49.9 × 29.8 cm (19 11/16 × 11 3/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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On the Street, plate nine from A Life

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

Image: 34.5 × 19.6 cm (13 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.); Plate, approx: 36.6 × 22.3 cm (14 7/16 × 8 13/16 in.); Primary support: 35.6 × 21.3 cm (14 1/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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For Everyone, plate eight from A Life

1884 · Etching, with drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 27.1 × 21.5 cm (10 11/16 × 8 1/2 in.); Plate, approx: 35.9 × 25.5 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/16 in.); Primary support: 34.9 × 24.5 cm (13 3/4 × 9 11/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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Chained, plate eleven from A Life

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

Image: 33.7 × 23.6 cm (13 5/16 × 9 5/16 in.); Plate: 36.7 × 25.9 cm (14 1/2 × 10 1/4 in.); Primary support: 35.8 × 24.9 cm (14 1/8 × 9 13/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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Into the Gutter!, plate ten from A Life

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

Image: 23.5 × 21 cm (9 5/16 × 8 5/16 in.); Plate, approx: 25.9 × 23.7 cm (10 1/4 × 9 3/8 in.); Primary support: 25 × 22.9 cm (9 7/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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Christ and the Women Sinners, plate thirteen from A Life

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

Image: 32.2 × 48.3 cm (12 11/16 × 19 1/16 in.); Plate, approx: 37.2 × 51.3 cm (14 11/16 × 20 1/4 in.); Primary support: 36 × 50.2 cm (14 3/16 × 19 13/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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Rivals, plate seven from A Life

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

Image: 27.2 × 18.4 cm (10 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.); Plate, approx: 32.8 × 20.5 cm (12 15/16 × 8 1/8 in.); Primary support: 32.5 × 20.1 cm (12 13/16 × 7 15/16 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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The Proposition, plate six from A Life

1884 · Etching on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper

Image: 19.6 × 34.4 cm (7 3/4 × 13 9/16 in.); Plate, approx: 23.2 × 37 cm (9 3/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Primary support: 21.3 × 36.1 cm (8 7/16 × 14 1/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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Temptation, plate four from A Life

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

Image: 47.3 × 22.5 cm (18 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.); Plate: 51.4 × 27.2 cm (20 1/4 × 10 3/4 in.); Primary support: 50.2 × 26.3 cm (19 13/16 × 10 3/8 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)

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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.)

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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.)

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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

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

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

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

1884 · etching and aquatint

Cleveland Museum of Art