A Dead Woman, from the series Death and the Maiden, 1902, August Brömse | Mia

A Dead Woman, from the series Death and the Maiden, 1902, August Brömse — A Dead Woman, from the series Death and the Maiden, 1902, 1907
August Brömse
Etching on blue chine collé
The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916 P.5,686
Not on View
On a dark, starless night, seemingly illuminated only by an unseen moon, Death cradles the head of a woman, who with the aid of a serpent, floats just above the water. August Brömse, a Symbolist follower of Max Klinger, based his darkly erotic print series, Death and the Maiden, on his fraught love affair with singer Elsa Schünemann. The two went on to marry in 1910, once Brömse had become head of the printmaking studio at Prague's Academy of Fine Art.

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Title: A Dead Woman, from the series Death and the Maiden, 1902
Dated: 1907
Artist: August Brömse
Nationality: German
Artist Life: 1873 - 1925
Role: Artist
Gallery: Not on View
Department: European Art
Dimension: 4 x 10 1/2 in. (10.16 x 26.67 cm) (plate)
Credit: The William M. Ladd Collection Gift of Herschel V. Jones, 1916
Accession Number: P.5,686
Medium: Etching on blue chine collé
Country: Germany
Century: 20th century
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Classification: Prints
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Portfolio: From the series Death and the Maiden, 1902
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