Paul Klee
Mathematisches Bildnis (Mathematical Portrait)

ArtistSwiss, 1879–1940
CultureSwiss
Titles
  • Mathematisches Bildnis (Mathematical Portrait)
Date1919
MediumOil transfer on wove paper, mounted on paperboard
DimensionsSheet: 10 3/4 × 8 1/2 in. (27.3 × 21.6 cm)
Mount: 12 11/16 × 9 5/16 in. (32.2 × 23.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Board of Trustees in celebration of Peter C. Marzio's twentieth anniversary as Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Object number2002.3533
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition History"Me. My. Self. Eye. ; Modern and Contemporary Self-Portraits from the MFAH Department of Prints and Drawings," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Lower Brown Corridor, May 17-September 20, 2010.

"The Rise of Modernism: Europe and America," The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Oct. 28, 2020 – July 27, 2021. [Inaugural Installation: Kinder Building 207: No Catalog]
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left and right on mount in pencil: [illegible]
verso of mount in pencil several numerical notations
recto lower right in ink: Klee
lower left below sheet on the mount in ink: 1919 K
verso of mount bottom left a stamp with pencil addition: NIERENDORF KÖLN / NEUEKUNST No.1370 / GÜRZENICHSTR. 16
Catalogue raisonnéKlee Foundation 2155

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