Lot #270: PAUL KLEE - Heilige vom Innern Licht - Original color lithograph & stencil/ pochoir

   

Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940).
Title: "Heilige vom Innern Licht ["Saint of the Inner Light"]".
Medium: Original color lithograph & stencil/ pochoir.
Date: Composed 1921. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/16 x 8 1/8 in. (256 x 206 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in the plate, lower center; Felix Paul Klee handstamp, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. Cream wove textured paper. Ample margins. Fine impression with bright, fresh color. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Felix Paul Klee. Comment(s): This edition was authorized by Klee shortly before his death in 1940 but delayed by World War II until after the war. It was printed under the immediate supervision of Klee's son, Felix Paul Klee (1907-1990), a prominent art historian and later director of the Paul Klee Foundation. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29296-2-800]