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Destruction and Hope

1916

Artists

Paul KleeArtist

Classification

Prints

Technique

Lithograph

Medium

Lithograph with watercolor and traces of graphite on white laid paper

Culture

German

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Prints

Dimensions

sheet: 59 x 46 cm (23 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Schlesisches Museum der bildenden Künste, Breslau; removed from the collection by the National Socialist (Nazi) authorities, EK8253;[Buchholz Gallery, New York, New York], sold; Fogg Art Museum, November 25, 1940.

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