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MAX KLINGER (1857-1920)
Ein Leben (Radier-Werk VIII)
the complete set 15 etchings and title page
1883-84
on cream Chine collé on firm wove paper
Plates I and V printed in black and sanguine, the others in black only
all inscribed with the titles in pencil
from the Fourth Edition of unknown size
printed by Felsing, Berlin, and published by the artist, Leipzig, 1898
mostly the full sheets, Plate V trimmed
generally in good condition
Plates 30 x 42,4 cm. (113⁄4 x 163⁄4 in.) (and smaller)
Sheets 60 x 44 cm. (233⁄4 x 173⁄8 in.) (and similar)
Overall 63 x 46,5 cm. (243⁄4 x 183⁄8 in.) (portfolio)
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 5 December 1984, lot 119.
Acquired at the above sale; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H. Singer, Max Klinger: Radierungen, Stiche und Steindrucke 1878-1903, Berlin 1909 [reprint, transl. into English and revised, San Francisco, 1991], nos. 127-129, 131-141, pp. 46-53, ill. 27-31.
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As mentioned by Singer, the engraved plates numbers of Plates VII & VIII and Plates X & XI have been swapped by mistake in the present Fourth Edition.

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