The Chronicler (recto and verso)

Inscriptions

Signed: "M.K. / April 5, 1888"

Sold by the Worthington Gallery, Chicago, to the Art Institute, 1983.

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

Artist: Max Klinger / German, 1857-1920
Date: April 5, 1888 (recto); April 6, 1888 (verso)
Medium: Graphite, heightened with white goauche (recto and verso), on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 43.2 × 30 cm (17 1/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: graphite
Place: Germany
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: Harold Joachim Purchase Fund
Accession no.: 1983.793

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