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Head (As It Were a Portrait)

A work made of oil and gouache on paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of oil and gouache on paper.

Date:

1924

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland, 1879-1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Head (As It Were a Portrait)

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1924

Medium

Oil and gouache on paper

Inscriptions

Signed lower left: "Klee 1924/13."; inscribed lower left: "Kopf eines Archaeologen"

Dimensions

37.5 × 28.3 cm (14 13/16 × 11 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1952.1008

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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