Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)

A Man Sinking Before the Crown (Ein Mann versinkt vor der Krone) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

Date:

1904

Medium:

Etching and aquatint

Dimensions:

plate: 6 1/4 x 6 1/4" (15.9 x 15.9 cm); sheet: 15 5/16 x 11 15/16" (38.9 x 30.4 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

The artist, Bern

Printer:

Max Girardet, Bern

Edition:

approx. 30 numbered; plus 2 known proofs of state I and 2 known proofs and 1 known trial proof of state II

Credit Line:

Purchase

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

Reference:

Kornfeld 14 II b. Soby 4. Klee 181.

MoMA Number:

333.1941

Themes:

Fantasy

Techniques:

Intaglio