Artist
Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879–1940)Swiss, 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)
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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Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
recto bottom left and right on mount in pencil: [illegible]
verso of mount in pencil several numerical notations
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
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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