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Perseus (Wit Has Triumphed over Grief) (Perseus [Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt]) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
1904. Etching and aquatint, plate: 5 x 5 5/8" (12.7 x 14.3 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 12 1/2" (42 x 31.8 cm). Purchase
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
496.1949
Buchholz Gallery, New York; to The Museum of Modern Art, New York 1949
Der neue Perseus
Perseus (Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt)
Perseus (Wit Has Triumphed over Grief) from the series Inventions
Perseus (Wit Has Triumphed over Grief)
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