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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12894
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Giant Aphid, from "German Graphic Artists of Today" (Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart) (1920)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Riesenblattlaus
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1920
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/253398

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
image: 13.9 x 6 cm (5 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)
sheet: 32.4 x 24.3 cm (12 3/4 x 9 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Lea Bondi Jaray, sold; to Fogg Art Museum, December 4, 1953.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Kornfeld 77 IIb

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
M12894
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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