2015.77: Hunting Horn Player

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2015.77

People

Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland)

Title

Hunting Horn Player

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Blowing the Hunter's Horn
Original Language Title: Jagd-Horn Blaeser

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1926

Culture

Swiss

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/353947

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

sight: 24.8 x 9.2 cm (9 3/4 x 3 5/8 in.)
framed: 53.5 x 38.3 cm (21 1/16 x 15 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: u.l.: Klee
• inscription: l.c., on support: 1926.P.5. Jagd-horn blaeser
• label: On frame backing board: Buchholz Gallery / Curt Velentin / 32 East 57th Street, New York / Title & Year Blowing the Hunting Horn / Artist Paul Klee. 1926 / Medium & Size Ink. 9 3/4 x 3 3/4" / No. 10393

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946); Klee Gesellschaft, Bern (from 1946); [Buchholz Gallery, New York], sold; 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. #4011

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

2015.77

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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