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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.223
People
Max Klinger, German (Leipzig, Germany 1857 - 1920 Grossjena, near Naumburg, Germany)
Title
Dead Mother, from the portfolio "On Death, Part Two, Opus XIII"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Tote Mutter, aus "Vom Tode, Zweiter Teil, Opus XIII"
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1889 (printed 1890)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/70463

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Engraving printed in black ink on chine collé on off-white wove paper
Technique
Engraving
Dimensions
plate: 45.7 x 35 cm (18 x 13 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.l., along plate mark: "M. Klinger"
  • inscription: l.l., in image, black ink, engraving, signed: MK 89
  • inscription: l.l., along plate mark, graphite, handwritten, signed, in artist's hand: M. Klinger 14. März 90
  • inscription: l.r, along plate mark, graphite, handwritten, in artist's hand: 4. Z. 5. Dr [ie. 4. Zeichnung, 5. druck]
  • inscription: l.m, below plate mark, graphite, handwritten: No 10, Aus "Vom Tode, II. Teil"
  • collector's mark: l.l., purple ink: H, S [letters superimposed on each other; for Heinrich Stinnes]
  • inscription: l.l., graphite: P [underlined]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Heinrich Stinnes.
Private Collector, sale, 2003.
Robin Garton, Wilshire, England, 2003.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
4th edition
Standard Reference Number
Singer 239

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Antonia Paepcke DuBrul Fund
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.223
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/31/2017 - 10/03/2017
  • 32Q: 2130 19th Century, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/04/2024 - 09/23/2024

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