Komischer Reiter (Comic Rider)

1921

Paul Klee

Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink on laid paper, laid down on mount

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 23.7 x 26.9 cm (9 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
    mount: 29.9 x 33.6 cm (11 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2004.140.13

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Helfenstein 2000, no. 4035

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lily Klee, Bern, 1940; Hans and Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern, until 1956; Berggruen & Cie, Paris, 1956. Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg, New York; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1928

  • Ehrlich, Max. "Im Allerheiligsten des Revuedirektors," Der Querschnitt 5, 1928: 320.

1934

  • Grohmann, Will. Paul Klee: Handzeichnungen 1921 - 1930. Berlin, 1934: no. 35.

1998

  • The Paul Klee Foundation. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. 9 vols. New York, 1998 - 2004: vol. 4, no. 4035.

Inscriptions

lower left of mount: 1926 Rg; lower right in black ink: Komischer Reiter; upper right in black ink: Klee

Wikidata ID

Q64619067

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