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Paul Klee
Pride of the Gatekeeper1929

Not on view
Watercolor and ink drawing of a stylized, geometric figure with a double-pointed crown, layered fan-shaped body panels, and minimal facial features in muted tan and blue-gray tones
Artist or Maker
Paul Klee
Switzerland, 1879-1940
Title
Pride of the Gatekeeper
Place Made
Switzerland
Date Made
1929
Medium
Watercolor on paper on illustration board
Dimensions
18 × 12 in. (45.7 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.57
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1879-1940). [Rudolf Probst, (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides; Das Kunsthaus), Dresden and Mannheim, until 1932]; Lily Klee, Bern, 1940-1946; Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, 1946-1948; [Curt Valentin, Berlin and New York, from 1948]; G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh; [Lee A. Ault & Co., Inc. New York]; [New York Christie's, 16 May 1990, no. 169]; [Achim Moeller Fine Art Ltd., New York]; sold in 1991 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.