THE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
Death for an Idea (Der Tod für die Idee) (plate, [p. 93]) from Zeit-Echo. Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler vol. 1, no. 7 (Jan 1915)
- Date:
- (1915)
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 3 3/8" (16.2 x 8.6 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 1/4" (23.7 x 15.8 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Graphik Verlag München GmbH, Munich
- Printer:
- unknown
- Edition:
- unknown (including an unknown number in the regular edition [this ex.] and a special edition of 200 on "japan" paper); plus 12 numbered impressions and 2 known 2 known proofs of state I
- Credit Line:
- Transferred from the Museum Library
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Kornfeld 63 II b. Soby unnumbered. Klee 1333. Rifkind 1490. Söhn 36407-2.
- MoMA Number:
- 549.1951
- Themes:
- Death, Fantasy, War
- Techniques:
- Lithography