Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940). Title: "Insekten ["Insects"]". Medium: Original color lithograph & stencil/ pochoir. Date: Composed 1919. Printed later. Dimensions: Overall size: 10 3/16 x 8 1/16 in. (259 x 205 mm). Lot Note(s): Signed in the plate, lower right; dated in the plate, lower left; titled in the plate, upper left; Felix Paul Klee handstamp, verso. Edition unknown, presumed small. Cream wove textured paper. Wide margins. Fine impression with bright, fresh colors. 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. [29294-2-400]