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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M11020
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Garden of Passion
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Garten der Leidenschaft
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1913
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/251115

Physical Descriptions

Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 9.4 x 14.5 cm (3 11/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
sheet: 24.1 x 34 cm (9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Below plate, graphite, German, in artist's hand: 1913 155 Garten der Leidenschaft Klee
  • inscription: Upper right, graphite, German, in artist's hand: Zink geatzt
  • inscription: Beneath platemark, graphite: Heinr. Wetteroth, Munch. gedr.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Schlesisches Museum der bildenden Künste, Breslau; removed from the collection by the National Socialist (Nazi) authorities (EK14370), 1937; Buchholz Gallery. Frederick B. Deknatel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, September 11, 1944.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Kornfeld 56b

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Frederick B. Deknatel
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
1944
Object Number
M11020
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Cubism: Explorations and Adaptations, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/18/1982 - 10/26/1982
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993
  • Franz Marc and the Blue Rider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/08/2001 - 07/15/2001

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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