Lot #3290: PAUL KLEE - Zerstoerung und Hoffnung - Original color lithograph & stencil/ pochoir

   

Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940).
Title: "Zerstoerung und Hoffnung ["Destruction and Hope"]".
Medium: Original color lithograph & stencil/ pochoir.
Date: Composed 1916. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/8 x 7 7/16 in. (257 x 189 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/800
Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower center; Felix Paul Klee handstamp, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. Cream wove textured paper. Ample margins. Fine impression with bright, fresh colors. 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. [29293-1-400-NA]