Siesta I: pl.3

1879

Max Klinger

Associated Names
Max Klinger

Artist, German, 1857 - 1920

The image shows a group of large crustaceans, possibly crabs, against a plain backdrop. The color scheme is grayscale, with shades of grey and off-white. The crabs are spread out on a textured surface, occupying most of the space in the composition.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    The Epstein Family Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 8.6 x 11.4 cm (3 7/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
    plate: 21 x 30.1 cm (8 1/4 x 11 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 39.6 x 54.7 cm (15 9/16 x 21 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.132.40

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Singer 1909, no. 18, State iv/iv

  • Series Title

    Etched Sketches (Radierte Skizzen), Opus I (Singer 16-24)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. Lionel C. Epstein and Family, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2001.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2009

  • The Darker Side of Light: Arts of Privacy, 1850-1900, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; NGA; Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2009 - 2010

Bibliography

1909

  • Singer, Hans Wolfgang. Max Klingers Radierungen, Stiche und Steindrucke. Berlin, 1909 (republished 1978 by Martin Gordon, New York).

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: MAX KLINGER FEC; lower right in plate: ALEXANDER DANZ LEIPZIG; upper right: III

Wikidata ID

Q76348599

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