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

Death for an Idea (Der Tod für die Idee) (plate, [p. 93]) from Zeit-Echo. Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler vol. 1, no. 7 (Jan 1915)

Date:

(1915)

Medium:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 3 3/8" (16.2 x 8.6 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 1/4" (23.7 x 15.8 cm)

Paper:

Cream, smooth, wove.

Publisher:

Graphik Verlag München GmbH, Munich

Printer:

unknown

Edition:

unknown (including an unknown number in the regular edition [this ex.] and a special edition of 200 on "japan" paper); plus 12 numbered impressions and 2 known 2 known proofs of state I

Credit Line:

Transferred from the Museum Library

Copyright:

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

Reference:

Kornfeld 63 II b. Soby unnumbered. Klee 1333. Rifkind 1490. Söhn 36407-2.

MoMA Number:

549.1951

Themes:

Death, Fantasy, War

Techniques:

Lithography