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Rescue (plate four from Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove)

Printer Printed by F. Felsing German
1881
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Rescue (plate four from Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove)
  • Series/Portfolio: First edition
  • Artist: Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena)
  • Printer: Printed by F. Felsing
  • Date: 1881
  • Medium: Etching, drypoint and aquatint on chine collé; first edition; state four of seven
  • Dimensions: Overall: 18 5/16 x 26 in. (46.5 x 66 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2009
  • Object Number: 2009.48
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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