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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M12842
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Gaukler im April
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1928
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/238135

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 19 x 19.5 cm (7 1/2 x 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: Klee
  • inscription: l.r., graphite: 10/12
  • inscription: bottom center, graphite: Gaukler im April
  • inscription: bottom center, graphite: 1928.T.7

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Klipstein et Cie], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, April 21, 1953.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Kornfeld 103b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, William M. Prichard Fund
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1953
Object Number
M12842
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • John Sallis, ed., Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision: From Nature to Art, exh. cat., McMullen Museum of Art (Chestnut Hill, MA, 2012), pp. 39, 146, 160, 220, ill.

Exhibition History

  • 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
  • Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993
  • Paul Klee: Philosophical Vision from Nature to Art, McMullen Museum of Art, Chestnut Hill, 09/01/2012 - 12/09/2012

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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