Yearnings (Wünsche), from the Glove (Ein Handschuh) series
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Yearnings (Wünsche), 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 C
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
The glove, having been taken home, sprouts desires like a flowering tree. The protagonist’s/Klinger’s despairing pose, face buried in hands, suggests that not all of these yearnings are happy and pleasurable but also produce discomfort and perhaps fear.
Credit
Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry CollectionCheck This Out
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