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Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat)

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat)

Paul Klee

Date
1922
Medium
oil transfer drawing and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount
Dimensions
Overall: 15.8 x 16.8 cm (6 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.) support: 23.4 x 24 cm (9 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.9039
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1901 to 1925
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Swiss
  • Ship
  • vehicle
Provenance

Alfred Rose. Lessing J. Rosenwald (Lugt Supp.1760b); gift 1943 to NGA.

Inscription

upper left in brown ink: Klee; lower left on mount in brown ink: 1922/148; lower right on mount in brown ink: Alter Dampfer

NGA object ID 11547. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.