Cupid, Death and the Beyond, from Intermezzi, Opus IV, 1881, 1881
Max Klingerexpand_more
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The Edith and Norman Garmezy Prints and Drawings Acquisition Fundexpand_more P.94.3.12
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Death's curious chariot seems to be steered by Cupid, whose mischief-making is known to all. The contraption, turbocharged with wings and strangely outstretched legs, stays just ahead of a ghostly figure wearing a disheveled Indian headdress and accompanied by demons, riding a buffalo that gallops on human hands. Max Klinger called such images intermezzi, perhaps to remind us that they are amusements executed between his bigger, more serious projects. A leader of the Symbolist movement, he tapped fantasy and dream worlds while simultaneously giving voice to real social issues such as modern threats to Native American culture.
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- Title
- Cupid, Death and the Beyond, from Intermezzi, Opus IV, 1881
- Artist Life
- 1857–1920
- Role
- Maker
- Accession Number
- P.94.3.12
- Catalogue Raisonne
- S.63 iii/iii
- Curator Approved
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