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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.131
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Small Performance to a Barrel Organ
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kleine Handlung zur Drehorgel
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1923
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296856

Physical Descriptions

Medium
watercolor and oil transfer drawing on laid paper, adhered to wove card
Dimensions
47 x 30.8 cm (18 1/2 x 12 1/8 in.)
mount: 59.4 x 45.8 cm (23 3/8 x 18 1/16 in.)
image within borders: 48.5 x 30.8 cm (19 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in brown-black ink at c.l.: Klee
  • inscription: on mount, l.c., graphite, black ink: [in graphite:] X [followed immediately by inscription in black ink:] VII
  • inscription: l.c., brown-black ink, in artist's hand: 1923 154 Kleine Handlung zur Drehorgel

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Rudolf Probst Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Das Kunsthaus, until 1929] [Alfred Flechtheim, after 1929]. [D.H. Kahnweiler, Paris]; to [Mayor Gallery, London until 1935]. [Kleeman Galleries, NY] (? - 1951) sold; to Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. (1951-1963) gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Note:
Correspondence from Alfred Jaretzki suggests that Kleeman Galleries owned the drawing jointly with Curt Valentin.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
3248

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jaretzki, Jr.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.131
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
primary sheet was folded at one time, leaving a horizontal line extending from side to side of the image 10.5 cm from bottom of image

Exhibition History

  • Blue Four & German Expressionism, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, 03/10/1974 - 04/21/1974
  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981
  • Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982
  • Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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