Max KlingerGerman, 1857–1920Self-Portrait with Fist to Face
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Self-Portrait with Fist to Face” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2009.112
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
In the life of Max Klinger
The whole life1917
Collection “Klinger as a Poet”
Ferdinand Avenarius publishes the collection “Klinger as a Poet”: besides paintings, drawings and prints, Klinger wrote poems and kept a diary, drawing on Christian and pagan mythology.
19 October 1919
A stroke
He suffers a stroke, after which he moves his studio to Großjena, where he decides to find his last resting place.
shortly before death
Marries Gertrud Bock
A few months before his death he marries Gertrud Bock and leaves her his estate; he appoints his friend, the sculptor Johannes Hartmann, caretaker of the estate.
5 July 1920
Death in Großjena
He dies in Großjena, where he made his last resting place; another account gives 4 July. His friend, the sculptor Johannes Hartmann, takes a death mask from his face.
