The Fruit

© Zentrum Paul Klee / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / PROLITTERIS, Switzerland
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The Fruit

Switzerland, 1932
Paintings
Oil on jute
22 1/16 × 28 1/8 in. (56.04 × 71.44 cm)
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof (M.2005.70.60)
Modern Art
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist  (1879-1940)....
The artist  (1879-1940). [Alex Vömel, Düsseldorf]; [The Mayor Gallery, London 1934-35]; [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris until 1939]; [Karl Nierendorf, Cologne/Berlin/NY until at least 1945]; [Curt Valentin, Buchholz Gallery and Valentin Gallery, Berlin/NY until 1948]; [Israel Ber Neumann, Graphisches Kabinettt, New Art Circle, Neumann Gallery, Berlin/NY until 1951]; Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969), Berlin and Chicago; by inheritance to his daughter Marianne Lohan-van der Rohe (1915-2003), Chicago; [Sold at Christie’s, London, December 3, 1990, No. 40]; [to Galerie Beyeler, Basel]; [Nancy Whyte Fine Arts, New York]; sold in 1996 to Hansjörg Wyss (1942-), Paoli; [sold in 1997 to Galerie Beyeler, Basel]; sold in 1997 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rümelin, eds. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
  • Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Berne.  "Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné."  London: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
  • Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rümelin, eds. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
  • 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.
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