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Paul Klee
Figure for the Demonic Theater1939

Not on view
Abstract painting with thick navy outlines enclosing irregular shapes in brick red, orange, cobalt blue, olive green, and golden yellow, with small symbolic forms suggesting eyes, a keyhole, and a triangle
Artist or Maker
Paul Klee
Switzerland, 1879-1940
Title
Figure for the Demonic Theater
Date Made
1939
Medium
Colored paste and watercolor on paper, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions
11 9/16 × 8 1/4 in. (29.3 × 21 cm) Framed: 23 1/4 × 19 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (59.06 × 49.53 × 6.35 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.61
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern, until 1953; [Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1953]; James Wise, Geneva, New York, and Nice, from 1953; [Saidenberg Gallery, New York, until 1955; Karl Denner, Hamilton, 1955-1973; Daniel and Eleanore Saidenberg, New York, from 1973;[ Acquavella Galleries, New York, sold 1993 to]; Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles, partial, fractional and promised gift 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.