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Destruction and Hope

A work made of lithograph, with watercolor applied with stencils on ivory laid paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of lithograph, with watercolor applied with stencils on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1916

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland 1879-1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Destruction and Hope

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1916

Medium

Lithograph, with watercolor applied with stencils on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 41 × 33.5 cm (16 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 45.5 cm (23 1/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

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

Reference Number

1970.253

Copyright

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

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