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

Head (Kopf)

Date:

1925

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 8 5/8 x 6" (21.9 x 15.3 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 12 5/8" (45 x 32.1 cm)

Paper:

Beige, smooth, wove Japan.

Publisher:

unpublished

Printer:

Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar

Edition:

One of 10 known impressions (7 in black and 3 in color) printed in 1925, before the 1930 edition of 262 (including 30 on "Japan" and 232 on wove paper) printed by Otto Felsing, Berlin and published by O.W. Gauss, Munich

Credit Line:

Hillman Periodicals Fund

Copyright:

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

Reference:

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

MoMA Number:

657.1956

Themes:

Fantasy

Techniques:

Lithography