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. 

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

"Weiblicher Kopf in Schabkunst" ["Female head in mezzotint"]

1893

etching and mezzotint on firm wove paper

17.7 x 13 cm (plate); 32.4 x 23.7 cm (sheet)

trial proof 

monogrammed and dated in pencil lower right: "M.K. 11. Mai 93"

Heinrich Stinnes collector's stamp (Lugt 4436) in purple ink, lower left corner of sheet

Singer 272 II (of II)

Excellent, strong impression from the completed plate with a wide margin

Condition: paper slightly darkened and slightly stained in places, otherwise in good condition.

Provenance:

Dr. Heinrich Stinnes (1867-1932), Cologne, who was the greatest German print collector of his day

Ketterer Kunst, Munich, auction 137, May 29, 1989, lot 272

Private Collection, Munich

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

"Bildnis des Kunsthändlers Louis Meder" ["Portrait of Art Dealer Louis Meder"]

1912

etching on fine wove paper

23,1 x 17,7 cm 

trial proof of first state

signed in pencil lower right: "M. Klinger"

inscribed in pencil lower right: "1.Z.1.Dr." [1st State, 1st impression]

dated in pencil lower left: "13. Aug 12"

catalogue raisonne: Beyer 410 I

Excellent, toned impression with a narrow margin. 

Condition: faint diagonal crease lower left; lower right corner very slightly bumped; otherwise in very nice condition.

"In 1877, the brothers Albert and Louis Meder took over the Berlin art dealership founded in 1860 by Hermann Amsler and Theodor Ruthardt (Amsler & Ruthardt). In the affiliated publishing house, Max Klinger dominated; in their auction department, they auctioned off important collections (such as the August Dorgerloh Collection and the Dr. David Friedrich Weber, Hamburg, Collection) with numerous works by Klinger."   B

Max Klinger (1857-1920) 

"Bildnis des Kunsthändlers Louis Meder" ["Portrait of Art Dealer Louis Meder"]

1912

etching on etching paper [Kupferdruckpapier]

23 x 18 cm (plate); 42,5 x 30,5 cm (sheet)

trial proof of third state

signed and dated in pencil lower right: "M. Klinger. 28.11.12"

inscribed in pencil lower left: "3.Z.1.Dr." [3rd State, 1st impression]

Heinrich Stinnes collector's stamp (Lugt 1376a) in red-orange ink, lower left corner of sheet

Provenance:

Heinrich Stinnes (1867-1932), Cologne, who was the greatest German print collector of his day

Otto Dix (1891-1969), Dresden, the famous artist

catalogue raisonne Beyer 410 (1912) (our impression seems to be an unrecorded intermediate state between Beyer 410 II and Beyer 410 III)

"The art dealer Louis Meder (1848-1924) was one of Klinger's closest friends and owned a vineyard right next to Klinger's property in Großjena. He was the owner of the renowned Berlin art dealer Amsler & Ruthardt, which did a great job in publishing and selling Klinger graphics. In 1912, Klinger created [this] etched portrait of Meder as thanks."  Museen in Naumburg (English translation Jack Daulton]