Max KLINGER
Abduction
(Entführung)
1881; published 1893
plate 9 from the Ein Handschuh (A Glove) portfolio, 3rd/4th edition, published 1893

Medium
etching and aquatint

Measurements
8.9 × 21.8 cm (image) 11.9 × 26.8 cm (plate) 43.6 × 69.4 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1978

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Singer 121 v/v

Edition
5th of 5 states

Inscription
printed in ink below image l.r.: MAX KLINGER
printed in ink above image u.r.: IX.
chopmark, l.l.: 033

Accession Number
P91-1978

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Costume Fantasy

Subjects (specific)
abduction creatures flight (escaping) gloves Pterosauria (extinct order) theft (social issue) windows

Movements
Symbolism (fine arts styles)