THE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
I Am Sent to Relieve Mankind of a Nightmare (Ich bin gesandt ...) from Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions)
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- Author:
- Curt Corrinth
- Date:
- 1919
- Medium:
- Photolithographic reproduction from an illustrated book with 10 photolithographic reproductions after pen and ink drawings (including title page, end papers, and colophon)
- Dimensions:
- page: 7 15/16 x 5 3/16" (20.2 x 13.2 cm); overall: 8 1/4 x 5 9/16 x 9/16" (21 x 14.2 x 1.5 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Georg Müller Verlag, Munich
- Printer:
- Dietsch & Brückner, Weimar
- Edition:
- 500
- Credit Line:
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Kornfeld A. 113. Raabe 53.6. Lang 177. Garvey 144. Klee 2022, 2026, 2033, 2034, 2038, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080.
- MoMA Number:
- 384.1951.3
- Themes:
- City Life, Fantasy, Sex