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Serpent's Prey (Schlangenbeute)
Serpent's Prey (Schlangenbeute)

Serpent's Prey (Schlangenbeute)

Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland, active Germany and Switzerland), 1879–1940)
1926
Medium/TechniquePen and black ink
DimensionsSheet: 24.3 x 31.6 cm (9 9/16 x 12 7/16 in.)
Mount: 29.9 x 45.7 cm (11 3/4 x 18 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number59.199
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ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsIn pen and black ink, at center left: Klee; in pen and black ink on mount: 1926 v.1. SchlangenbeuteProvenance1959, sold by William H. Schab, New York, to the MFA for $1500. (Accession Date: March 9, 1959)