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Destruction and Hope by Paul Klee — VisualArtsDB

Destruction and Hope

Destruction and Hope

1916

Medium: Lithograph, with watercolor applied with stencils on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: Image: 41 × 33.5 cm (16 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 45.5 cm (23 1/8 × 17 15/16 in.)
Genre: lithograph
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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