Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

Self-Portrait with Glasses, in half-right profile

[Selbstbildnis mit Brille, nach halbrechts]

1909

etching with plate tone on laid paper with watermark with initial "T"

22 x 16,7 cm (plate); 32,3 x 21,1 (sheet)

proof impression of the first state of two

signed in pencil lower center: "M. Klinger".

dated by the artist in pencil lower right: "11.10.09"

The Daulton Collection

Catalogue Raisonné: Beyer 398 I.  Carl Beyer, Max Klinger, Das Graphische Werk, 1909-1919 (Leipzig, 1930) [Carl Beyer, Max Klinger, The Graphic Work, 1909-1919, English trans. Bernd K. Estabrook (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997)].

Provenance:  

Collection Dr. Gottfried Eissler (1862-1924), Vienna (verso with stamp "Gottfried Eissler").  Dr. Eissler and his brother, entrepreneur Hermann Eissler, were important Viennese art collectors in the first quarter of the 20th century.  After Dr. Eissler's death in 1924, his art collection was sold at auction the following year at C. J. Wawra in Vienna.  C. J. Wawra, Nachlass Gottfried Eissler: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Miniaturen, Plaketten, Silber, Keramik etc. (Wien, May 6-7, 1925).

Condition: tanned and slightly foxed as well as slightly mat-burned; margins with slight defects; verso with dry adhesive track.

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

Self-Portrait with Head Resting on Clenched Hand

1918

aquatint on laid paper

23 x 15,8 cm (sheet 36,3 x 27,2 cm)

proof impression

signed in pencil lower right: "M. Klinger".

inscribed by the artist in pencil lower left: "2. Z. 2. Dr." [2nd State, 2nd Impression]

dated by the artist in pencil lower right: "15. Nov. 18"

The Daulton Collection

Catalogue Raisonné: Beyer 435 II.  Carl Beyer, Max Klinger, Das Graphische Werk, 1909-1919 (Leipzig, 1930) [Carl Beyer, Max Klinger, The Graphic Work, 1909-1919, English trans. Bernd K. Estabrook (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997)].

Provenance: 

Georg Hirzel (1867-1924), Leipzig, the noted Klinger collector, with Horzel's blind stamp (embossed stamp) lower left

Villa Grisebach, Berlin, Auction 30, June 4, 1993, Lot 217

private collection, Munich

Condition: Slightly light-stained browning in the passepartout (mat) cutout, with remains of an old mounting on the reverse of the left edge. Overall in good condition.

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

Self-Portrait, Slightly Turned Toward the Left

1918

etching on imitation (simili) Japan paper

23 x 17,5 cm (9 1/8 x 7 in.)

proof impression

signed in pencil lower right: "M. Klinger".

inscribed by the artist in pencil lower left: "26.Dr." [26th impression]

dated by the artist in pencil lower left: "30. Nov. 18"

The Daulton Collection

Catalogue Raisonné: Beyer 436.  Carl Beyer, Max Klinger, Das Graphische Werk, 1909-1919 (Leipzig, 1930) [Carl Beyer, Max Klinger, The Graphic Work, 1909-1919, English trans. Bernd K. Estabrook (San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1997)].

Provenance:  Ismar Littmann (Breslau, 1878-1934) Family Collection 

Condition: a very good impression with full margins