Sales exhibition 2 times 4 Max Klinger from February 28, 2025
In the Max Klinger 2 x 4 sales exhibition, eight original etchings are displayed on the walls, four of 15 illustrations from ‘Amor und Psyche’ and four of 12 from ‘Intermezzi, Opus IV’.
The 15 illustrations of
Amor and Psyche
by the Roman poet Lucius Apuleius were commissioned by the Munich publisher Theodor Stroefer in 1880. From this cycle can be admired in the exhibition:
Sheet 1 "Amor's Youth"
Sheet 2 "Venus shows Amor Psyche"
Sheet 9 "Jupiter and Venus"
Sheet 14 "Amor with Jupiter"
Klinger never produced illustrations of this kind again in his life. On the contrary, he wrote to his friend Dehmel on 27 April 1919, who asked him to illustrate one of his volumes of poetry: ‘The term illustration has always been an abomination to me. I've done it a few times! For the sake of the cursed money ... In and of itself, I find locking letters and pictures together quite nasty.’
We are also exhibiting a further four from a series of 12 sheets created between 1879 and 1881. These were summarised by Klinger in 1881 under the title
Intermezzi, Opus IV
Only one edition of Opus IV is known. Klinger dedicated the series to the engraver and art dealer Hermann Sagert. The sheets contain centaur landscapes and scenes based on Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen's 1668 picaresque novel ‘Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus’. Klingfer had read this little book during his time in Berlin. The cultural image that Klinger took from the book ‘was not the whirling, eventful life of an adventurer who boldly makes his way through all the obstacles of the time. Behind it all, Klinger saw only the horrors of the great war that devastated a country and its people.’
Enjoy an Italian coffee speciality or a fine wine from our region and view the exhibits at your leisure.