Fears (Ängste), from the Glove (Ein Handschuh) series
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Fears (Ängste), from the Glove (Ein Handschuh) series
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Max Klinger
German, 1857–1920
German, 1857–1920
Date
1880–81, published 1924
Medium
Etching and aquatint on wove paper
Accession #
1977.7 F
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
The glove appears in the finder’s/Klinger’s nightmare. Continuing the watery motif, other gloves swim upward, perhaps to free the lost glove, wedged behind the sleeper’s pillow. Other figures struggling in the flood try to rouse the dreamer and entreat him to return the glove.
This composition is reminiscent of the eerie style of the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya, who—nearly one hundred years earlier—created a series of similarly nightmarish etchings.
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry CollectionCheck This Out
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