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Leaf from the Memoirs of an Old Woman

A work made of watercolor and pen and brown ink, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, tipped on ivory wove paper.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of watercolor and pen and brown ink, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, tipped on ivory wove paper.

Date:

1939

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland, 1879-1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Leaf from the Memoirs of an Old Woman

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1939–1940

Medium

Watercolor and pen and brown ink, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, tipped on ivory wove paper

Inscriptions

Signed upper right: "KLee"

Dimensions

Max: 29.4 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter P. Paepcke

Reference Number

1946.311

Copyright

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

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