Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940). Title: "Geheimschrift-bild ["Picture in Cypher"]". Medium: Original color lithograph. Date: Composed 1934. Printed later. Dimensions: Overall size: 11 1/4 x 13 1/8 in. (286 x 333 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in the image, lower right; dated and titled in the image, lower left; Felix Paul Klee handstamp, verso. Small edition. Cream wove paper. Ample margins. Fine impression. Bright, fresh color. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Felix Paul Klee. Comment(s): This edition was authorized by Klee shortly before his death in 1940 but delayed by World War II until after the war. It was printed under the immediate supervision of Klee's son, Felix Paul Klee (1907-1990), a prominent art historian and later director of the Paul Klee Foundation. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29291-3-300] |