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The Watercolors of Paul Klee,
limited edition with 12 vibrant colored lithographs

Watercolors of Paul Klee

"Color possesses me. I don't have to pursue it. It will possess me always, I know it. That is the meaning of this happy hour: Color and I are one. I am a painter."

-Paul Klee

KLEE, Paul. 12 Aquarelles commentees par Felix Flee. Paris: Berggruen, 1964. Large folio, plates and contents loose as issued in cloth portfolio. $2400.

Limited edition, one of only 500 copies, beautifully illustrated with 12 mounted color lithographs of watercolors by Paul Klee, with accompanying text by Paul Klee's son, Felix. Each print with pochoir-coloring by Daniel Jacomet, and with printed Klee signature and Jacomet Atelier blind stamp and printed signature. With facsimile letter of Felix Klee's and envelope tipped-in. Light soiling to covers, otherwise fine. 

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