THE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
Perseus (Wit Has Triumphed over Grief) (Perseus [Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt]) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)
- Date:
- 1904
- Medium:
- Etching and aquatint
- Dimensions:
- plate: 5 x 5 5/8" (12.7 x 14.3 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 12 1/2" (42 x 31.8 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- The artist, Bern
- Printer:
- Max Girardet, Bern
- Edition:
- one of 9 known proofs outside the edition of 30; plus 2 known trial proofs
- Credit Line:
- Purchase
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Kornfeld 15 a. Soby unnumbered. Klee 182.
- MoMA Number:
- 496.1949
- Themes:
- Fantasy, Literary Subjects
- Techniques:
- Intaglio