Paul Klee
Rechnender Greis (Old Man Counting)

ArtistSwiss, 1879–1940
CultureSwiss
Titles
  • Rechnender Greis (Old Man Counting)
Date1929
MediumEtching, edition of 125
DimensionsPlate: 11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (29.8 × 23.9 cm)
Sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 7/16 in. (42.9 × 34.2 cm)
Mat: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Frank J. Hevrdejs in honor of Peter C. Marzio at "One Great Night in November, 2004"
Object number2004.1663
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Acid on Metal: The Art of Etching and Aquatint," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 September - 27 November 2011.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil lower right below the image: "Klee"
Stamped on verso lower right in a rectangle: "RH"
Catalogue raisonnéafter Pieter the Elder. Prudence from The Seven Virtues, 1559. Engraving. Leeber 35; Lari 131; Van Bastelaer 136. Klee, Paul. Rechnender Greis, 1929. Etching. Kornfeld 104b; Helfenstein 4855.

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