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A Phantom Crumbles

A work made of pen and black ink, with watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on paperboard.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of pen and black ink, with watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on paperboard.

Date:

1927

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland, 1879-1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

A Phantom Crumbles

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1927

Medium

Pen and black ink, with watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on paperboard

Inscriptions

Signed lower left: "Klee"

Dimensions

31 × 46.3 cm (12 1/4 × 18 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Katharine Kuh

Reference Number

1994.151

Copyright

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

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