Phantasie und Künstler (Imagination and the Artist) (recto); Studie zu Phantasie und Künstler (Study for Imagination and the Artists) (verso)

Max Klinger German

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Phantasie und Künstler is a design for an invitation to a party at the Karlsruhe Akademie where Klinger was a student in 1872-73. An inventive and exuberant work, the sketch on the verso shows an alternate design for the composition and provides insight into Klinger's workiing method. The subject is the combination of art and Eros that pervades the artist's oeuvre and for which he was famous.

Phantasie und Künstler (Imagination and the Artist) (recto); Studie zu Phantasie und Künstler (Study for Imagination and the Artists) (verso), Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena), Pen and black ink, black chalk and pencil (recto); pencil and pen and black ink (verso)

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