Leiche (Corpse)

1913

Paul Klee

Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 9.8 x 19.7 cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2009.70.149

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Helfenstein 2000, no. 951

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Berggruen & Cie, Paris). (Davis Galleries, New York), according to inscription. Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1998

  • Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rumelin. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. II. Bern, 2000: 951.

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 177 (color).

Inscriptions

by artist, lower right in pen and black ink: Klee; by artist on mat, center left in pen and black ink: Leiche 1913 49; by later hand on mat, upper center verso in graphite: Dead [?]; by later hand on mat, upper right verso in graphite: DAVIS GALLERIES

Wikidata ID

Q64619074

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