Sehnsucht, 1919

Title

Sehnsucht (Original Title)

Title Translation

Longing

Draughtsman

• Maximilian Klewer

Period Produced

• 20th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Graphite and gouache on thin cardboard, enlarged with narrow strips of cardboard at bottom and right, matted, mat and edge subsequently painted in light grey

Material

• graphite
• gouache
• Vergé paper

Technique

• graphite drawing
• gouache painting

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (in Tempera): KLEWER 19
Bezeichnet verso auf dem Montagekarton links oben (mit Bleistift): Maximilian Klewer 1919 / Skizze zu einer Wanddekoration "Sehnsucht" / Tempera; darunter handgeschriebenes Etikett (in schwarzer Tinte): Maximilian Klewer, Berlin, / "Sehnsucht" / Entwurf für ein dekoratives Wandbild, / Tempera, 1919 / No. 7)

Watermark

• Prägestempel links unten: verschlungenes Monogramm [schwer leserlich]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Eigentum des Städelschen Museums-Vereins e.V.

Picture Copyright

© Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Acquisition

Acquired in 2018, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Genre

• nude
• sketch

Main Motif

• woman
• man
• group of people
• musical instrument

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Medusa
• Gorgons
• Grazien
• Poseidon
• Aphrodite
• Athena
• Hera
• Eve

Primary

• 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure
• 41D92 woman (showing herself) undressed, quasi-nude
• 31A the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa)
• 41D9 (showing oneself) undressed, quasi-nude

Secondary

• 48C7322 harp
• 25G21(APPLE) fruits: apple
• 41D283 mask
• 21D water (one of the four elements)