A Standing Nude

1891

Max Klinger

Associated Names
Max Klinger

Artist, German, 1857 - 1920

The image displays a nude figure, captured from the upper thighs up. The person's body is slightly turned to the side, with their head tilted down. They have short, dark hair that partially obscures their forehead. The facial features are soft, with closed eyes. One arm is bent with the hand resting on their chest, while the other arm hangs down the side of the body. The background is a dark, textured surface that contrasts with the highlighted tones of the figure. No clothing, jewelry, or objects are present.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and etching on japan paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28.8 × 16.8 cm (11 5/16 × 6 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 48 × 35.2 cm (18 7/8 × 13 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.318

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Singer 1909, no. 271, ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Martin Sumers Graphics, New York); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 26, 1977; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2014

  • Modern German Prints and Drawings from the Kainen Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2014.

Bibliography

1909

  • Singer, Hans Wolfgang. Max Klingers Radierungen, Stiche und Steindrucke. Berlin, 1909 (republished 1978 by Martin Gordon, New York): no. 271, ii/iii

Inscriptions

at bottom left of the sheet, in graphite, by later hand: MAX KLINGER WEIBLICHER AKT IN SCHABKUNST CTLII (?) S271

Wikidata ID

Q76556615

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