Figure for the Demonic Theater

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Figure for the Demonic Theater

1939
Drawings
Colored paste and watercolor on paper, mounted on cardboard
11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29.3 × 21 cm) Framed: 23 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (59.06 × 49.53 × 6.35 cm)
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof (M.2005.70.61)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern, until 1953; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1953]; James Wise, Geneva, New York, and Nice, from 1953; [Saidenberg Gallery, New York, until 1955; Karl Denner, Hamilton, 195...
Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern, until 1953; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1953]; James Wise, Geneva, New York, and Nice, from 1953; [Saidenberg Gallery, New York, until 1955; Karl Denner, Hamilton, 1955-1973; Daniel and Eleanore Saidenberg, New York, from 1973;[ Acquavella Galleries, New York, sold 1993 to]; Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles, partial, fractional and promised gift 2005 to; LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Berne.  "Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné."  London: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.