In the Park, from "A Love (Opus X)"

Max Klinger German

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This large-scale sheet showing an amorous couple is titled Im Park. It is the preliminary drawing for an etching of the same title and scale from the print series Eine Liebe: Opus X (A Love). The series is about a passionate affair that ends in tragedy and is likely based on an episode from Klinger’s own life. In this scene, the couple is locked in a tight embrace, the man tightly holding the woman against his own body as he leans against the trunk of a tree. One can see Klinger's mind at work as he plays with the placement of the leg and foot. Many of the small details differ from the final etching.

In the Park, from "A Love (Opus X)", Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena), Pen and black ink and black chalk heightened with white bodycolor

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