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

A Guardian Angel Serves a Small Breakfast (Ein Genius serviert ein kleines Frühstück) for the yearbook Die Freude: Blätter einer neuen Gesinnung (Joy: Papers for a New Consciousness)

Date:

1920

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition: 7 15/16 x 5 11/16" (20.1 x 14.4 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 7 11/16" (28.5 x 19.5 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove (Zanders).

Publisher:

Wilhelm Uhde, Burg Lauenstein, Oberfranken

Printer:

unknown

Edition:

One of 6 known uncolored proofs before the deluxe book edition of 50 with watercolor additions

Credit Line:

Purchase

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Kornfeld 79 A. Soby 23. Söhn 304-1. Klee 2436.

MoMA Number:

131.1949

Themes:

Fantasy

Techniques:

Lithography