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Paraphrase über den Fund eines Handschuhes
Interpretation of the Finding of a Glove, portfolio cover
Paraphrase über den Fund eines Handschuhes
German
1880-1881; published 1882
Medium/Technique
Portfolio cover. Letterpress on paper, adhered to cardboard covers and hinged; ribbon ties; marbled paper lining.
Dimensions
Height x width: 54.2 × 72.5 cm (21 5/16 × 28 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Katherine E. Bullard Fund in memory of Francis Bullard
Accession Number2021.288.12
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ClassificationsPrints
This print portfolio ranks among the most important works of German symbolism by one of the avant-garde’s leading artists, Max Klinger. The imagery traces a dream-like narrative of obsession with a woman and her glove. The subject has roots in Romantic literature, for example the stories of E.T.A. Hoffman, as well as descriptions of modern fashion by such writers as Octave Uzanne. It anticipates the work of Sigmund Freud on fetish objects.
Catalogue Raisonné
Singer 113-122
DescriptionThe second edition, published in August 1882, and numbered as exemplar 17.
InscriptionsIn letterpress (?): Paraphrase / über den / Fund eines Handschuhes. / 10 Blätter / componiert und radiert / von / Max Klinger. / Rad. Op. VI. II. Ausgabe. Exemplar No. [in ms.] 17. / München / Druck von Friedr. Felsing / August 1882
Provenance2020, sold from a private collection, Cologne, to Gillis Goldman Fine Art, Brussels; 2021, sold by Gillis Goldman to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 2021)