Komischer Reiter (Comic Rider), 1921

Not on View

Medium

pen and ink on laid paper, laid down on mount

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg

Catalogue Raisonné

Helfenstein 2000, no. 4035

Accession Number

2004.140.13

Artists / Makers

Paul Klee (artist) Swiss, 1879 - 1940

Image Use

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Inscription

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

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

Berggruen & Cie.
Hertzberg, Lilian and Benjamin, Estate of
Klee, Lily
Meyer-Benteli, Hans and Erica

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.