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Max Klinger — On Death, Part I
Max Klinger

On Death, Part I

1889

Klinger's masterful etching and aquatint technique serves his symbolist exploration of death's inevitability, combining realistic detail with dreamlike, allegorical elements.

Medium
etching and aquatint

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Max Klinger, On Death, Part I, 1889

Klinger's masterful etching and aquatint technique serves his symbolist exploration of death's inevitability, combining realistic detail with dreamlike, allegorical elements.

Medium
etching and aquatint
Year
1889
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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Nineteenth Century, Dark, Symbolic, Figure, Etching, Melancholic, Death, Expressionist, German, Aquatint

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