Downfall, from A Life

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Maker: Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920), printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century)
Date: 1884
Medium: Etching, with aquatint and drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 29.5 × 23.8 cm (11 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 34.4 × 28.6 cm (13 9/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Primary support: 33.1 × 27.3 cm (13 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)
Place of origin: Germany
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0

The museum has published too little about this work for a guide to be written.

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Maker: Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920), printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century)
Date: 1884
Medium: Etching, with aquatint and drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 29.5 × 23.8 cm (11 5/8 × 9 3/8 in.); Plate: 34.4 × 28.6 cm (13 9/16 × 11 5/16 in.); Primary support: 33.1 × 27.3 cm (13 1/16 × 10 3/4 in.); Secondary support, approx: 78.8 × 57.5 cm (31 1/16 × 22 11/16 in.)
Place of origin: Germany
Held by: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
Credit line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Endowment

Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0