Harvard Art Museums > 1978.527: Botanical High Culture Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Botanical High Culture (Paul Klee) , 1978.527,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 17, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/295220. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1978.527 People Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland) Title Botanical High Culture Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1938 Culture Swiss Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/295220 Physical Descriptions Medium Oil paint and graphite over gesso on paper mounted on board Dimensions actual: 33.4 x 46.5 cm (13 1/8 x 18 5/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: l.l.: Klee Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Curt Valentin, Buchholz, Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Lois Orswell, Pomfret Center, Connecticut, 1945, gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1978. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Lois Orswell Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Accession Year 1978 Object Number 1978.527 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Marjorie B. Cohn and Sarah Kianovsky, Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2002), cat. no. 85, fig. 7 (color), pp. 47, 75, 371, 373, 380 Exhibition History 20th Century Abstract Painting and Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 04/16/1947 - 05/18/1947 Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981 Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993 Lois Orswell, David Smith, and Modern Art, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/21/2002 - 02/16/2003 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
