Harvard Art Museums > 1963.131: Small Performance to a Barrel Organ Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Small Performance to a Barrel Organ (Paul Klee) , 1963.131,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 18, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/296856. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1963.131 People Paul Klee, Swiss (Münchenbuchsee near Bern, Switzerland 1879 - 1940 Muralto-Locarno, Switzerland) Title Small Performance to a Barrel Organ Other Titles Original Language Title: Kleine Handlung zur Drehorgel Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1923 Culture Swiss Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/296856 Physical Descriptions Medium watercolor and oil transfer drawing on laid paper, adhered to wove card Dimensions 47 x 30.8 cm (18 1/2 x 12 1/8 in.) mount: 59.4 x 45.8 cm (23 3/8 x 18 1/16 in.) image within borders: 48.5 x 30.8 cm (19 1/8 x 12 1/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in brown-black ink at c.l.: Klee inscription: on mount, l.c., graphite, black ink: [in graphite:] X [followed immediately by inscription in black ink:] VII inscription: l.c., brown-black ink, in artist's hand: 1923 154 Kleine Handlung zur Drehorgel Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Rudolf Probst Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Das Kunsthaus, until 1929] [Alfred Flechtheim, after 1929]. [D.H. Kahnweiler, Paris]; to [Mayor Gallery, London until 1935]. [Kleeman Galleries, NY] (? - 1951) sold; to Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. (1951-1963) gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1963. Note: Correspondence from Alfred Jaretzki suggests that Kleeman Galleries owned the drawing jointly with Curt Valentin. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Jaretzki, Jr. Copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Accession Year 1963 Object Number 1963.131 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description primary sheet was folded at one time, leaving a horizontal line extending from side to side of the image 10.5 cm from bottom of image Exhibition History Blue Four & German Expressionism, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, 03/10/1974 - 04/21/1974 Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981 Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982 Paul Klee, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/17/1993 - 06/13/1993 Subjects and Contexts The Bauhaus Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
