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Max Klinger

Recto: Phantasie und Künstler (Imagination and the Artist); Verso: Studie zu Phantasie und Künstler (Study for Imagination and the Artists)

1873
Recto: Pen and black ink, black chalk and pencil; Verso: Pencil and pen and black ink
32.7 × 45.5 cm (12.9 × 17.9 in)

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