Junger Wald (Young Forest)
1925
Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940
Artwork overview
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Medium
pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount
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Credit Line
Donated by Lolo Sarnoff in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Martha von Hirsch
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Dimensions
overall: 9.8 x 32.2 cm (3 7/8 x 12 11/16 in.)
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Accession
1990.136.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Helfenstein 2000, no. 3819
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Robert von Hirsch [1883-1977], Basel; (his estate sale, Sotheby's, London, June 1978, no. 115); his step-daughter, Lili-Charlotte Sarnoff [1916-2014]; gift 1990 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 324-325, color repro.
Bibliography
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1991: p.324.
1998
Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rumelin. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. IV. Bern, 2000: 3819.
Inscriptions
lower right in ink: Klee; on mount, lower left in ink: 1925 d.8.; on mount, lower right in ink: junger Wald; on mount, lower left in graphite: S[onder] Cl[asse].
Wikidata ID
Q64619060