Max Klinger
Mephisto in His Study,
1879,
ink on paper
Max Klinger (1857-1920)
"Mephisto in His Study";also known as "Nocturnal Reading" ("Nächtliche Lektüre")
1879
Pen and black ink and brush drawing in gray on wove paper, mounted on cardboard by artist
signed lower left "Max Klinger" and inscribed and dated in lower right: "Bruxelles 1879"
20 x 21 cm (paper); 32,4 x 26 (cardboard)
This drawing is a highly-finished study for an etching of 1880; see Singer catalogue raisonne, no. 258.
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