Abduction (plate nine from Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove)
Medium
Etching, drypoint and aquatint on chine collé; first edition; state two of five
Dimensions
Overall: 18 5/16 x 26 in. (46.5 x 66 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Isaacson-Draper Foundation Gift, 2009
Accession Number
2009.53
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
Art Historical Context
Max Klinger’s *Abduction* forms the ninth plate in his groundbreaking 1881 cycle *Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove*. Created when the German artist was just twenty-five, the series follows the mysterious life of a lost lady’s glove, transforming an everyday object into the focus of erotic longing, fantasy, and unease. Klinger, later associated with Symbolism, uses the glove as a vehicle for exploring psychological depths that would later influence the Surrealists. Printed in etching, drypoint, and aquatint on chine collé, the work showcases the tonal richness and precise line possible in ...
About the Artist
F. Felsing|Max Klinger (German|German) · |1857 – |1920
|German, Leipzig 1857–1920 Großjena