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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1986.488
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Insects
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Insecten
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1919
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph and watercolor on paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
stone: 20 x 15.2 cm (7 7/8 x 6 in.)
sheet: 28 x 22.2 cm (11 x 8 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: Signed in graphite at l.l.: Klee
  • blind stamp: l.r., German: Georg Müller Verlag
  • inscription: in stone at u.l., in artist's hand: Insecten
  • inscription: in stone at l.l., in artist's hand: 1919.114

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Kornfeld 74 B

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Bequest of Betty Bartlett McAndrew
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1986
Object Number
1986.488
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Sallis, ed., Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision: From Nature to Art, exh. cat., McMullen Museum of Art (Chestnut Hill, MA, 2012), pp. 163, 201, ill.

Exhibition History

  • Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000
  • Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision from Nature to Art, McMullen Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, 09/01/2012 - 12/09/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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