THE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
Destruction and Hope (Zerstörung und Hoffnung)
- Date:
- 1916
- Medium:
- Lithograph with watercolor and pencil additions
- Dimensions:
- composition: 18 3/8 x 13 1/16" (46.7 x 33.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 3/8 x 17 15/16" (59.4 x 45.5 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, laid (Van Gelder Zonen).
- Publisher:
- Hans Goltz, Munich
- Printer:
- unknown
- Edition:
- 60 (including 15 on "Japan" and 45 on Van Gelder Zonen and Stratford papers [this ex.]); plus several proofs before and outside the edition and 1 known state proof
- Credit Line:
- Purchase Fund
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Kornfeld 68 B b. Soby 16. Klee 1652.
- MoMA Number:
- 9.1944
- Themes:
- Fantasy
- Techniques:
- Lithography