THE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940)
Dying Light (Auslöschendes Licht) for the illustrated book Das Kestnerbuch (The Kestner Book)
- Date:
- 1919
- Medium:
- Lithograph
- Dimensions:
- composition (irreg.): 5 5/16 x 5 1/16" (13.5 x 12.8 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 9 3/4" (30 x 24.8 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, smooth, wove.
- Publisher:
- Heinrich Böhme Verlag, Hannover
- Printer:
- unknown
- Edition:
- One of approx. 9 proofs before the book edition of an unknown number (including deluxe edition of 150, and regular edition of an unknown number)
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Victor S. Riesenfeld
- Copyright:
- © 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
- Reference:
- Kornfeld 75 a. Soby 20. Klee 2240. Söhn 130-9. Rifkind 1492.
- MoMA Number:
- 337.1948
- Themes:
- Fantasy
- Techniques:
- Lithography