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Duke Leader (Ladder) Not Alone

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

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  • A work made of oil and tempera on paper.

Date:

1938

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland, 1879-1940

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Duke Leader (Ladder) Not Alone

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.

1938

Medium

Oil and tempera on paper

Inscriptions

Signed upper left: "Klee"; inscribed lower left: "1938 N 4"; lower right: "Herzog Leiter nicht allein"; inscribed upper left on white cardboard: "Konig Leiter u.s.Geliebte"

Dimensions

34.3 × 48.6 cm (13 9/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Cyrus Hall McCormick

Reference Number

1951.255

Copyright

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

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