Yearnings (Wünsche), from the Glove (Ein Handschuh) series
Max Klinger
German, 1857–1920
Details
Title
Yearnings (Wünsche), 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
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Credit
Purchase with funds from the Lawrence and Alfred Fox Foundation for the Ralph K. Uhry Collection
Accession #
1977.7 C
On View
Currently not on view
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.
