THE COLLECTION
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