Translucencies, Orange-Blue

About the Artwork

Title Translucencies, Orange-Blue

Artwork Date 1915

Artist Paul Klee

Life Dates 1879-1940

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Swiss

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Watercolor on off-white wove paper fully attached to a heavy paperboard support

Dimensions Sheet: 7 3/8 × 9 1/8 inches (18.7 × 23.2 cm) Framed: 16 1/2 × 20 7/16 × 1 3/8 inches (41.9 × 51.9 × 3.5 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of anonymous donor

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1991.1015

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