Paul Klee
Mathematisches Bildnis (Mathematical Portrait)

Mathematisches Bildnis (Mathematical Portrait)

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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
Not on view

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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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