Graphic Works of Max Klinger (Dover Art Collections)

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Summary: I'm cheating
Review: I cheat, because I admit haven't bought the book, but entered a 5-star rating because I wanted more people to get to know this relatively unknown artist. Sorry.
Came across a Max Klinger exhibition when I was still a teenager when I was visiting Tokyo. His etchings have fascinated me since then, possessing at once an ethereal and surrealistic quality, against the backdrop of everyday life. The cover of this book is a perfect example: what is a scene at a early century skating rink Klinger frozed a moment where the viewer is temporarily disconcerted by the absurdity of the movements of the people in the picture. This "perfect imbalance" permeates through most of his other works.
15 years on, with the advent of internet technology, and emergence of sites like google, I tried again to revisit this great artist. A comtemporary of Klimt, with whom he collaborated on some occasions, he was nonetheless driven back into undeserved obscurity.
Klinger made, at his peak a prolific graphic artist and able sculpter, subtle but provoking art.