Gabriel von Max
Faust und Gretchen im Garten
circa 1868-69
graphite, pen and ink drawing with wash on
cream-colored card
Measurements in cm: 23,9 x 16,9 cm (image); 44,2 x 36,4 cm (frame)
signed lower left: G. Max
This drawing is a study for the oil painting of 1869, also in The Daulton Collection.
Exhibition History:
"Gabriel von Max, Malerstar, Darwinist, Spiritist," Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, October 23, 2010 - January 30, 2011
"Gabriel von Max: Be-tailed Cousins and Phantasms of the Soul," Frye Art Museum, Seattle, July 9-Oct. 30, 2011
Publication History:
Karin Althaus and Helmut Friedel, Gabriel von Max, Malerstar, Darwinist, Spiritist (München: Hirmer Verlag, 2010), p. 75, ill. 57.
References:
Helena Pereña, "Bilder zu Goethes Faust," in Karin Althaus and Helmut Friedel, Gabriel von Max, Malerstar, Darwinist, Spiritist (München: Hirmer Verlag, 2010), at pp. 64-75.
