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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
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