Lithograph with red plate tone. Signed and inscribed "23 138". From an edition of 220 copies. On laid paper (watermark "BSB"). 43.4 x 26.8 cm. Sheet: 52 x 38 cm.
Sheet 4 from the portfolio "Kunst der Gegenwart". Published by Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., Munich 1923 (with blindstamp). Printed by Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar. [AR].
- Made during the early Bauhaus time in Weimar. - The technical equipment of the art school enabled Paul Klee to make first color lithographs in 1921, while his earlier prints were colored by hand. - Published in the portfolio "Kunst der Gegenwart“ alongside prints from Max Beckmann, Lovis Corinth and Erich Heckel.
LITERATURE: Eberhard W. Kornfeld, Verzeichnis des graphischen Werkes von Paul Klee, Bern 1963,no. 95 IV c (of IV c). Gerhart Söhn, Handbuch der Original-Graphik in deutschen Zeitschriften, Mappenwerken, Kunstbüchern und Katalogen (HDO) 1890-1933, volume III, Düsseldorf 1991, no. 335-4.