Klemm, Walter

(6/18/1883 Karlsbad-1957 Weimar) (Germany)

   Painter, graphic artist. lithographer, and etcher. His works featuring bestiality, women copulating with a wide variety of animals, got him in trouble with the police authorities.

   Reproductions: Die nacht; 1919; charcoal; Klinger, 1983a: fig. 1544 . Erotic creation [beastiality scenes]; 1919; etching; Klinger, 1983a: figs. 1528-1543 [B]. The prostitute portfolio; aqarelle etching; Weiermair 1995: pp. 90-91 . Walpurgis portfolio; c1920; aquarelle; Weiermair 1995: pp. 92-93 [C].

   [b]Source: Benezit, vol. 7: p. 1320; ThB XX 1927: p. 470; Vollmer III 1956: p. 61.