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Max Klinger

Simplicius’ Writing Lesson

1880

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Max Klinger

Simplicius’ Writing Lesson

1880

Physical Qualities Etching and aquatint on chine collé, Sheet: 626 x 448 mm. (24 5/8 x 17 5/8 in.) Plate: 331 x 269 mm. (13 1/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift from the Estate of Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland
Object Number 2002.425.7
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Print by Print: Series from Dürer to Lichtenstein," October 30, 2011-March 25, 2012.

Signed: 1

Inscribed: RECTO: in matrix: LL: 'MAX KLINGER'; LR: 'VII'; VERSO: LL: 'JK' [Kainen collector stamp]

Markings: none - none

Artist

Max Klinger

1856–1919

German, 1857-1920
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