Physical Qualities
Color relief print, Framed: 19 3/4 × 17 1/4 in. (50 × 44 cm.)
Portfolio/Series
Plate from the journal "Pan" (Vol. IV, No. 2, July-August-September 1898)
Credit Line
Collection of LeRoy E. Hoffberger and Paula Gately Tillman Hoffberger
Object Number
2017.18
Peter Behren’s print "The Kiss", in which the heads of two androgynous figures are encircled by the serpentine and intertwined locks of their hair, quickly became one of the images most frequently associated with Art Nouveau. The image was published in the German avantgarde journal "Pan", an important precursor to the Austrian publication "Sacred Spring".
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2017; LeRoy Hoffberger, Baltimore; purchased from Hauswedell & Nolte, December 2005
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sacred Spring: Vienna Secession Posters from the Collection of LeRoy E. Hoffberger and Paula Gately Tillman," March 25 - July 29, 2018.
