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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2015.71
People
Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)
Title
Newly Built Pyramid with the Eye of the Moon
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Pyramidenneubau M. D. Mondauge
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1919
Culture
Swiss
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/353941

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
sheet: 19.1 x 14.8 cm (7 1/2 x 5 13/16 in.)
board: 21.6 x 19.7 cm (8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in.)
framed: 37.5 x 31 cm (14 3/4 x 12 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., in watercolor: Klee / 1919 192
  • inscription: On board, l.l., in black ink: 1919 192
  • label: On backing board: Collection / J.B. Neumann / New York / Paul / Klee
  • label: On backing board: Kleeman Galleries / 65 East 57th Street New York 22 N.Y. / No. 5683 / Artist Paul Klee / TItle "Composition No. 192" / Watercolor / 1919

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Goltz, August 24, 1921] sold; to Jsrael Ber Neumann (1921-1948), sold; through [Neumann Gallery, New York]; to Joy and Marion Levy (1948-2002); Joy Levy (2002-2015), by bequest; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2015.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Cat. rais. #2256

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Bequest of Joy C. and Marion J. Levy, Jr.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
Accession Year
2015
Object Number
2015.71
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1310 Surrealism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/14/2016 - 03/30/2017

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

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