Venus in Muschelwagen

Venus in Muschelwagen  is a superb black and white etching on paper, realized in 1907 by the German artist  Eduard Einschlag  (Leipzig 1879 -1945),  after Max Klinger  (Leipzig 1857 - Grossjena 1920).

Inscriptions on plate on lower margin under the image:  "Max Klinger pinxit. / O. Felsing Berlin Imprt./ E. Einschlag sculpt.". Title on lower margin at the center. 

This wonderful modern original print representing a mythological scene, is taken from a Max Klinger's fresco in Villa Albers (Nationalgalerie Berlin). This etching is realized by  Edouard Einschlag , a German member of the  Leipzig Secession , of the  Deutscher Künstlerbund  and co-founder of the  Leipzig Annual Exhibition , for which he organized many exhibitions. He died murdered in the Trebklinka concentration camp.

In excellent condition, the work is applied to the  verso  with a modern passe-partout adhesive tape, cm 55 x 110-