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Der Tod Als Heiland (Death as Savior), plate 10 from Vom Tode, Erster Teil (On Death, Part 1)
Artist:
Date:
1889
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Etching, Aquatint, And Drypoint
Dimensions:
24.2 x 31.2 cm (image)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Accession Number:
1986.1.193.10
Acquisition Date:
1986-12-01
Credit Line:
Gift of John Gutmann in memory of Walter Heil
Exhibition History:
Waking Dreams: Max Klinger and the Symbolist Print
Legion of Honor, Gallery 1: 02/28/09 - 09/06/09
Cross section of a body in a coffin with a painting above it of a man bowing to a spirit as others try to flee.
A man lies in his tomb. Above in a desert death approaches one worshiper as others flee in fear. A border of dead nude bodies intertwined with devils, a prawn, vines, birds, and a monkey.