Detail View: The AMICA Library: Carnival in the Snow

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
Rights: 
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