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

Garden of Passion (Garten der Leidenschaft)

Date:

(1913), printed 1913-1918

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

plate: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4" (9.5 x 14.6 cm); sheet: 9 11/16 x 13 3/16" (24.6 x 33.5 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Heinrich Wetteroth, Munich

Edition:

one of 6 known proofs outside the 1913 edition of approx. 52 (including 12 single prints and approx. 40 in the second portfolio "Schweizer Gruppe / Moderner Bund") and the 1918 edition of approx. 50 in the "museum edition" of the book Expressionismus / Die Kunstwende (Berlin: Verlag Der Sturm)

Credit Line:

Purchase

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Kornfeld 56 d. Soby unnumbered. Klee 1057. Söhn 226-2.

MoMA Number:

76.1944

Themes:

Fantasy

Techniques:

Intaglio