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Why Does He Run? (Was läuft er?)

1932

Medium: Etching
Dimensions: plate: 9 3/8 x 11 13/16" (23.8 x 30 cm); sheet: 11 11/16 x 15 1/16" (29.7 x 38.3 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY, US

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Why Does He Run? (Was läuft er?) by Paul Klee — VisualArtsDB