Little Hope

1938

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Plaster and watercolor on burlap mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: 18 1/8 × 20 3/8 in. (46 × 51.8 cm)
Collection no.: 1984.315.58
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: Public domainLicense details

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Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Little Hope — Paul Klee. 1938.

Medium: Plaster and watercolor on burlap mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 18 1/8 × 20 3/8 in. (46 × 51.8 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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