THE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
Giant Aphid (Riesenblattlaus) for the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart
- Date:
- 1920
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- composition: 8 1/4 x 4 3/4" (21 x 12 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 7 3/16" (25 x 18.3 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Klinkhardt & Biermann, Leipzig
- Printer:
- unknown
- Edition:
- one of 6 known proofs of state I, before the editions of 30 single prints and 600 in the yearbook (including deluxe edition of 100 and regular edition of 500)
- Credit Line:
- Purchase
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Kornfeld 77 I. Soby 22. Klee 2390. Söhn 108-7. Rifkind 1498.
- MoMA Number:
- 343.1951
- Themes:
- Fantasy
- Techniques:
- Lithography