2015.78: An Inn Evolving

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2015.78

People

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

Title

An Inn Evolving

Other Titles

Original Language Title: Ein Wirtshaus Wird
Alternate Title: An Inn Comes into Being

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1928

Culture

Swiss

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/353948

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Dimensions

sheet: 30.5 x 28.6 cm (12 x 11 1/4 in.)
support: 47.3 x 37.5 cm (18 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
framed: 59 x 50.5 cm (23 1/4 x 19 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: u.r., in black ink: Klee
• inscription: l.c., on support: 1928 M5 ein Wirtshaus wird
• label: On backing board: Curt Valentin Gallery / 32 East 57th Street New York / An Inn Evolving 1928 / ink / 11 3/4 x 11 1/4" / Paul Klee / No. 13295
• label: On backing board: Fogg Art Museum / LOAN / TL13422.17 / Levy
• label: On backing board: Levy / L53.70

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Buchholz Gallery, New York], sold; to Joy and Marion Levy (1952-2002); Joy Levy (2002-2015), by bequest; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2015.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Cat. Rais. #4576

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

2015.78

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• The Bauhaus

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