Art, literature & history
Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat)
1922
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil transfer drawing and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.8 x 16.8 cm (6 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.) support: 23.4 x 24 cm (9 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1943.3.9039
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Paul Klee. Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat). National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Alter Dampfer (Old Steamboat) — Paul Klee. 1922.
Medium: oil transfer drawing and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): Overall: 15.8 x 16.8 cm (6 1/4 x 6 5/8 in.) support: 23.4 x 24 cm (9 3/16 x 9 7/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1943.3.9039. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.