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Paul Klee
Small Village in the Autumn Sun1925

Not on view
Abstract painting of a hatched-line cityscape in mustard yellow and ochre, with angular buildings, a clock tower, bare trees, and a glowing orange disk in the upper left

Paul Klee, Small Village in the Autumn Sun, 1925, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Paul Klee
Switzerland, 1879-1940
Title
Small Village in the Autumn Sun
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1925
Medium
Oil on cardboard on panel
Dimensions
14 7/8 × 21 7/16 in. (37.8 × 54.5 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.56
Classification
Paintings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1879-1940). [Rudolf Probst (1890-1968), Dresden and Mannheim, from 1928]; [Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Paris, and London, from 1928]; W. Cohen, Dusseldorf; [Karl Nierendorf, Koln, Berlin, and New York, before or until 1947]; Harold M. (1899-1987) and Claire (1903-1991) Florsheim, Highland Park; Ernest (1899-1962) and Claire(1903-1991) Zeisler, Chicago, until 1987; Estate of Ernest and Claire Zeisler, from 1987; [Sold via Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago]; in 1993 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
Selected 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.
  • Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rümelin, eds. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. London and New York: Thames & Hudson, 2001.
Copyright
© Zentrum Paul Klee / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / PROLITTERIS, Switzerland