Name: MAX KLINGER (1857-1920)
Brand: Dramen (Radierungen Opus IX)
Price: 2000.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

MAX KLINGER (1857-1920)
Dramen (Radierungen Opus IX)
the complete set of ten etchings with aquatint
1883
on Chine collé on wove paper
with the title and dedication, justification and contents page
the title page bearing a signature in pencil
fourth edition, copy number II (of XV)
printed by Felsing, Berlin, published by the artist
within the original green cloth-covered folder with the artist's name and title on the front
the full sheets, some scattered foxing
Plates 45,9 x 31,7 cm. (18 x 12⁵⁄₈ in.) (and similar)
Sheets 77,7 x 56,6 cm. ( 30¹⁄₂ x 22¹⁄₄ in.) (and similar)
Overall 80,7 x 61 cm. (31³⁄₈ x 24 in.) (portfolio)

H. Singer, Max Klinger: Radierungen, Stiche und Steindrucke 1878-1903, Berlin 1909 [reprint San Francisco, 1991], nos. 147-156, pp. 55-61, ill. 32 & 33 (other impressions ill.).

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The total number of published sets, issued in five editions, was 148.
For the present fourth edition, plates II, V, and VII were printed before steel-facing, the others after.

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In addition to the catalogue description:
Title page
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins.
- a small, repaired paper loss (circa 20 x 5 mm.) at the right sheet edge at centre.
- inscribed Max Klinger in pencil below the image at right (possibly by the artist?).
- with a pencil inscription relating to the edition and steel-facing of some plates at the upper sheet edge recto at left.
Justification, dedication and contents page
- on firm wove paper, not on Chine collé paper (as issued).
- scattered foxing, mainly in the margins and towards the sheet edges.
- time staining along the sheet edges, mainly above.
Plate I: In flagranti
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 1 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate II: Ein Schritt
- pronounce scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet..
- inscribed with the plate number 2 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate III: Eine Mutter I
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 3 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate IV: Eine Mutter II
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet..
- inscribed with the plate number 4 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate V: Eine Mutter III
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- a circa 10 mm. repaired tear at the upper sheet edge to the right.
- inscribed with the plate number 5 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate VI: Im Walde
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 6 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate VII: Ein Mord
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 7 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate VIII: Märztage I
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 8 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate IX: Märztage II
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 9 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
Plate X: Märztage III
- pronounced scattered foxing, mainly visible in the margins of the wove support sheet.
- inscribed with the plate number 10 in pencil at the upper right sheet corner.
All in white card mounts, within a green cloth-covered folder with the artist's name, title and Opus number printed in black on the front.
Otherwise as described, the subjects in good condition.

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