Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

"Blick aus dem Atelierfenster" ["View from the Studio Window"]

1890

drypoint etching and copperplate engraving on laid paper with watermark "Doppelköpfiger Adler"

20,8 x 31,5 cm (plate), 25 x 37,6 cm (sheet)

trial proof

signed in pencil lower right: "M Klinger"

Singer (catalogue raisonne) 270

outstanding print, dark in tone, highlighted in places, with a wide margin around the platemark

Condition: a slight crease in the lower right corner; minimal tears on the upper edge; paper slightly darkened; otherwise fine copy.

Provenance:

Eberhard Wolfram Grieb (1947-1990), Reutlingen, stamped on recto (not in Lugt)

Karl & Faber, auction 181, May 28-19, 1991, lot 321

Private Collection, Munich

Discussion:

Hans Singer only knew three copies, but, according to the Klinger collector C. Schirren, another edition of 30 copies were printed.