Details

Title

Rescue (Rettung), from the Glove (Ein Handschuh) series

Artist/Maker

Max Klinger (German, 1857–1920)

Date

1880–81, published 1924

Medium

Etching and aquatint on wove paper

Dimensions

19 x 12 1/2 in plate

Credit

Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection

Accession #

1977.7 D

On View

Currently not on view

In this illustration of a dream, the glove is about to be rescued at sea. As in many dreams, we are not shown what has led up to this unusual situation. The predominantly dark tonality of the print makes the threat of the moment palpable. The etched lines evoke the harshness of driving rain.

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