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, 28./29. May 1991, lot 321;
Private ownership, Munich
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.
Eberhard Wolfram Grieb (1947-1990), Reutlingen, stamped on recto (not in Lugt);
Karl & Faber, auction 181, 28./29. May 1991, lot 321;
Private ownership, Munich.
Karl & Faber, auction 181, 28./29. May 1991, lot 321;
Private ownership, Munich
Eberhard Wolfram Grieb (1947-1990), Reutlingen, stamped on recto (not in Lugt);
Karl & Faber, auction 181, 28./29. May 1991, lot 321;
Private ownership, Munich.