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

1887

Not on view

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.

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Title: In the Park, from "A Love (Opus X)"
Series/Portfolio: Opus X (A Love)
Artist: Max Klinger (German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena)
Date: 1887
Medium: Pen and black ink and black chalk heightened with white bodycolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 16 3/8 × 9 7/8 in. (41.6 × 25.1 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Drawings and Prints Gifts, and Ian Woodner Family Collection and Mr. and Mrs. Francis D. Logan Funds, 2019
Object Number: 2019.67
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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