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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR56.257
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Hoffmannesque Scene, from the portfolio "New European Graphics, Portfolio I: Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Hoffmanneske Szene, aus Bauhaus Mappe "Neue Europäische Graphik, Erste Mappe: Meister d. Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar"
Series/Book Title: Bauhaus Mappe
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1921
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223539

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black and colored inks on off-white wove paper
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 35.6 x 26 cm (14 x 10 1/4 in.)
image: 31.5 x 22.8 cm (12 3/8 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.l.: Klee 1921/123

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
II
Edition
AP VIII/XX
Standard Reference Number
Roethel 82; Wingler I/6; Kornfeld 82IIBb

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Julia Feininger
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
BR56.257
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981
  • From Impressionism to the Bauhaus: German Master Prints from the Harvard Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/19/1981 - 06/29/1981
  • Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982
  • A Tribute to Walter Gropius, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/16/1983 - 07/01/1983
  • The Graphic Legacy of Paul Klee, Blum Art Institute, New York, 10/24/1983 - 12/27/1983
  • Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993
  • Modern Art at Harvard, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, 07/31/1999 - 09/26/1999; Takamatsu City Museum of Art, Kagawa, 10/09/1999 - 11/14/1999; Matsuzakaya Art Museum, Nagoya, 12/02/1999 - 12/27/1999; Oita City Museum, Oita, 01/06/2000 - 02/06/2000; Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, Ibaraki, 02/11/2000 - 03/26/2000

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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