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Hope and Destruction


Paul Klee, Hope and Destruction, 1916, lithograph with watercolor on laid paper, Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund, © artist or other rights holder, 40.42

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Title

Hope and Destruction

Related Titles

display title: Zerstörung und Hoffnug

Artist

Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879-1940)

Date

1916

Medium

lithograph with watercolor on laid paper

Edition

60

Catalogue Raisonné

Kornfeld 68

Dimensions (H x W x D)

18 1/4 in x 13 1/4 in

Inscriptions & Markings

signature: Klee, signed in plate, lower center

signature; date; title: 1916 55 // Klee Zerstorung und // Hoffnung, graphite, lower middle Translation: Hope and Destruction Language: German

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

planographic print

Culture

Swiss

Credit Line

Museum Purchase: Helen Thurston Ayer Fund

Accession Number

40.42

Copyright

© artist or other rights holder

Terms

laid paper

lithography

planographic printing

planographic prints

watercolor

Description
History
Exhibitions

1991 Inner Visions: German Prints from the Age of Expressionism Portland Art Museum; The Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum; Duke University Museum of Art; Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; Tacoma Art Museum

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