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Paul Klee

Tightrope Walker

1922

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Paul Klee

Tightrope Walker

1922

Physical Qualities Color transfer lithograph with spatter and printed tone, Sheet: 527 x 377 mm. (20 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Blanche Adler Memorial Fund
Object Number 1951.70
BMA, "19th and 20th Century Northern European Graphics: Angelica Kauffman to Ludwig Kirchner," 8 February - 3 April, 1977.

BMA, "Master Prints II: Daumier to Picasso," 25 October, 1983 - 15 January, 1984.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "Two Centuries of Lithography: 1800-1986," 8 September - 8 November 1987.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "75 Years/75 Prints: Masterpieces from the Museum's Collection, 1914-1989," 1 April - 4 June, 1989.

Jay Fisher, BMA, "Paul Klee," 9 September - 8 November, 1992.

Susan Dackerman, BMA, "A Modern Renaissance: German Expressionist Prints and Drawings," 10 July - 29 September, 1996.

Oliver Shell, BMA, "A Circus Family: Picasso to Léger," 22 February through 17 May 2009.

Inscribed: At lower left, in graphite: "723 138"; at lower right, in graphite: "Klee"; at bottom center, in graphite: "1211 EN 87"; at lower right, in graphite: "3120-"

Markings: None

Artist

Paul Klee

1878–1939

Swiss, 1879-1940
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