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Perseus -Wit has Triumphed Over Grief

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

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  • A work made of etching on cream wove paper.

Date:

1904

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland 1879-1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Perseus -Wit has Triumphed Over Grief

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1904

Medium

Etching on cream wove paper

Dimensions

Plate: 12.7 × 14.2 cm (5 × 5 5/8 in.); Sheet: 33.1 × 22.5 cm (13 1/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Buckingham Fund, Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation Fund, and Frances S. Schaffner Principal Fund

Reference Number

1970.240

Copyright

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

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