Small World

1914

Paul Klee

Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.4 × 9.5 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 41.7 × 31.8 cm (16 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2012.92.308

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kornfeld 1963, no. 61, State Ba

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heinrich Stinnes [1867-1932], Cologne (Lugt 1376a). (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased May 22, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1963

  • Kornfeld, Eberhard W. Verzeichnis des Graphischen Werkes von Paul Klee. Bern: Verlag Kornfeld and Klipstein, 1963: no. 61, Ba

1998

  • Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rumelin. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II. Bern, 2000: 1220.

Inscriptions

in image, at top right: 1914 / 120 Kl; below image, in graphite: Kleinwelt / Klee; below image, at left, in blue crayon (?): I. 1. / Lrass (?) 3, / 1 / 25; below image, at right, in blue crayon (?): illegible signature (?); blind-stamped below image, at left: DIE / SCHAF / FEN / DEN

Wikidata ID

Q76556587

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