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Paul Klee
Paths in the Sand II1924

On view: BCAM 3rd FloorPablo Picasso—Portraits in Disguise
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

Paul Klee, Paths in the Sand II, 1924, 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
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