COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1969.46
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Drawings and Watercolors
Creator Name:
Klee, Paul
Creator Nationality:
European; Northern European; German
Creator Role:
artist
Creator Dates/Places:
1879 - 1940
Gender:
M
Creator Birth Place:
Münchenbuchsee, Switzerland
Creator Death Place:
Muralto, near Locarno
Creator Name-CRT:
Paul Klee
Title:
Karneval im Schnee
Title:
Carnival in the Snow
Title Type:
Foreign
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1923
Creation Start Date:
1923
Creation End Date:
1923
Materials and Techniques:
watercolor
Classification Term:
Drawing
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24cm x 23.5cm, Secondary Support: 34.5cm x 29.3cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1969.46
Credit Line:
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
Inscriptions:
signed, upper left, in brown ink: Klee ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, by artist, lower center, in brown ink: 1923 /// 40 Karneval im Schnee [slashes part of inscription]
Copyright:
? Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Provenance:
"This work was found in the estate of a young graphic designer after his death in 1944. This young man must have been a personal acquaintance of Klee's." (letter from Doris Ryser of Karl u. Faber in departmental file); [Karl u. Faber, Munich, Dec. 11-12, 1968, lot no. 957]; [E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York]
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1969.46.tif
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