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

Head (Kopf)

Date:

1925 (published 1930)

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 8 3/4 x 6" (22.2 x 15.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 17 15/16 x 12 11/16" (45.5 x 32.2 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

O. W. Gauss, Munich

Printer:

Otto Felsing, Berlin

Edition:

262 (including 30 on "Japan" and 232 on wove paper [this ex.]); plus 10 known impressions (7 in black and 3 in color) printed at Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar, in 1925

Credit Line:

Philip Johnson Fund

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Kornfeld 98 B b. Soby unnumbered. Klee 3765. Rifkind 1499.

MoMA Number:

122.1946

Themes:

Fantasy

Techniques:

Lithography