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

Aged Phoenix (Greiser Phoenix) from the series Inventions (Inventionen)

Date:

1905

Medium:

Etching

Dimensions:

Composition and sheet: 10 3/8 x 7 9/16" (26.3 x 19.2 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, laid (Asian) on heavy paper support

Publisher:

The artist, Bern

Printer:

Max Girardet, Bern

Edition:

Impression: proof of state I, before the edition of approx. 41

Credit Line:

Purchase

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Kornfeld 17 I. Soby unnumbered. Klee 226.

MoMA Number:

342.1951

Themes:

Fantasy

Techniques:

Intaglio