Lot #2031: PAUL KLEE - Drohendes Haupt - Lithograph after the original etching

   

Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940).
Title: "Drohendes Haupt ["Head of Menace"]".
Medium: Lithograph after the original etching.
Date: Composed 1905. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (264 x 216 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $225
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $300/400
Lot Note(s): Signed and titled in the plate; Felix Paul Klee handstamp, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. Cream wove textured paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Felix Paul Klee.
Comment(s): Please note that the original image was created as an etching by Klee in 1905. At a later date the original etching was used to create this lithograph, hence the very low pre-sale estimates. 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 the director of the Paul Klee Foundation. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29304-2-225-NA]