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Paul Klee
Paths in the Sand II1924

On view:
Broad Contemporary Art Museum, floor 3
Horizontal drawing in colored pencil, loose hatched strokes in mauve, rose, and violet with angular structural forms and a burst of teal green at center, signed 'Klee' upper right
Artist or Maker
Paul Klee
Switzerland, 1879-1940
Title
Paths in the Sand II
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1924
Medium
Watercolor on paper on illustration board
Dimensions
6 1/8 × 6 15/16 in. (15.56 × 17.62 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.55
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1879-1940). Lily Klee, Bern, 1940-1946; Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, 1946-1949; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1947-1949]; Anna Bergues, San Francisco and Carmel, 1949; Estate Anna Bergues, Carmel, 1949-1979; Harvey S. Lubitz, New York, 1979-1980; [Saidenberg Gallery, New York, 1980-1987]; sold in 1987 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.
Copyright
© Zentrum Paul Klee / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / PROLITTERIS, Switzerland