New House in the Suburbs

1924

Paul Klee

Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

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On View

East Building Upper Level, Gallery 415-C

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gouache on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.4 x 46.4 cm (14 5/16 x 18 1/4 in.)
    framed: 60.9 x 71.7 x 3.8 cm (24 x 28 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    1983.1.22

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased from the artist by Friedrich Bienert, Dresden; Bienert family; (Dr. Fritz Nathan and Dr. Peter Nathan, Zurich); purchased December 1964 by Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1983 to NGA.[1]
[1] Provenance from donor's records in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1925

  • Munich, 1925, no. 27, repro.

1929

  • Dresden, 1929, no. 385, repro.

2004

  • Paul Klee. Uomo, pittore, disegnatore, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, 2004, no. 79, repro.

2006

  • Paul Klee: Tempel / Städte / Paläste [Paul Klee: Temples / Cities / Palaces], Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, 2006-2007, no. 66, fig. 116.

2007

  • Modernism: Designing a New World 1914-1939, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007, no cat.

Bibliography

1932

  • Wickenhagen, Ernst. Geschichte der Kunst. Berlin, 1932: 353.

1985

  • European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 216, repro.

1998

  • The Paul Klee Foundation, Joseph Helfenstein and Christian Rümelin, eds. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. 9 vols. New York and London, 1998-2004: 4(2001):159, no. 3386, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20192501

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