Minneapolis Institute of Art
Cupid, Death and the Beyond, from Intermezzi, Opus IV, 1881
Max KlingerLinkedCulture matchlcp-f5aef0a65f5c
- Date
- 1881
- Medium
- Etching
- Department
- European Art
- Institution
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
- Object ID
- 43603
From the Minneapolis Institute of Art record
Death's curious chariot seems to be steered by Cupid, whose mischief-making is known to all. The contraption, turbocharged with wings and strangely outstretched legs, stays just ahead of a ghostly figure wearing a disheveled Indian headdress and accompanied by demons, riding a buffalo that gallops on human hands. Max Klinger called such images intermezzi, perhaps to remind us that they are amusements executed between his bigger, more serious projects. A leader of the Symbolist movement, he tapped fantasy and dream worlds while simultaneously giving voice to real social issues such as modern threats to Native American culture. Germany, Europe
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- The Edith and Norman Garmezy Prints and Drawings Acquisition Fund
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