The Proposition, from A Life

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Maker: Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920), printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century)
Date: 1884
Medium: Etching and aquatint, with drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 19.6 × 34.7 cm (7 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.); Plate: 22 × 37 cm (8 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Primary support: 20.9 × 35.5 cm (8 1/4 × 14 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

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Maker: Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920), printed by Otto Felsing (German, 19th century)
Date: 1884
Medium: Etching and aquatint, with drypoint on ivory China paper, laid down on cream laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 19.6 × 34.7 cm (7 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.); Plate: 22 × 37 cm (8 11/16 × 14 5/8 in.); Primary support: 20.9 × 35.5 cm (8 1/4 × 14 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