Paar im Grase–Umarmung in einer Landschaft (A Couple on the Grass–An Embrace in a Landscape)

Max Klinger

1879 · Pen and brown ink and pale brown wash · Drawings and Prints

Max Klinger was a painter, printer, sculptor and writer, but he was best known as a graphic artist. This early work is drawn in a looser, more fully elaborated style than his later work, in feathery strokes that tie the couple to the grass on which they recline. The erotic subject matter, however, is characteristic of Klinger's work throughout his career.

Artist

Max Klinger

Date

1879

Medium

Pen and brown ink and pale brown wash

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020