To throw down the glove

Max Klinger (1857–1920) was a German symbolist painter, sculptor, printmaker, writer. His best known work is a series of 10 etchings, Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove, published in 1881. Guess what? Max Ernst and Giorgio de Chirico were fan of him.

“Sur une patinoire, une jeune femme perd un gant. Un homme le ramasse. Ce gant devient l’objet d’un fétichisme délirant.” 
Paraphrase on the Finding of a Glove (ALL)