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Collections

Paul Klee
Diagonal Media1922

Not on view
Horizontal abstract work on paper with overlapping diagonal rectangles in olive green, charcoal, and sand tones, punctuated by three bright white shapes, framed by pale blue and yellow borders
Artist or Maker
Paul Klee
Switzerland, 1879-1940
Title
Diagonal Media
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1922
Medium
Watercolor and pencil on paper on bristol board
Dimensions
10 13/16 x 14 9/16 in. (27.4 x 37 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.54
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1879-1940); Lily Klee, Bern,1940-1946; Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, 1946-1950; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1947-1950]; [Isreal Ber Neumann, Berlin and New York, from 1950]; Robert K; Haas, New York; [Beadleston Gallery, New York, until 1991]; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne,1991-1992]; sold in to 1992 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.