Paul Klee

(German, 1879–1940)

Orientierter Mensch

, 1927

pen on paper mounted on the artist's board

signed Klee (upper left); titled, dated, and inscribed B 6 (lower center of mount); inscribed 27 (upper right)

12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches.

Property from the Estate of John J. Reiss, sold to benefit the Lois Ehlert and John Reiss Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Provenance:

Lily Klee, Bern, 1940-46

Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, 1946-1950

Curt Valentin Gallery (Bucholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery), Berlin/New York, 1950-55

Exhibited:

Milwaukee Art Center, Collection of John J. Reiss, December 15, 1960 - January 15, 1961, no. 59 (as Well Informed)

Literature:

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam/Berlin, 1934, no. 81

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Genf/Stuttgart, 1954, illus.

Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, Klee. La vie et l'oeuvre, Paris, 1957, illus.

Will Grohmann, Der Maler Paul Klee, Cologne, 1966, illus.

Tilman Osterwold, Paul Klee. Die Ordnung der Dinge, exh. cat., Stuttgart, 1975, no. 152, illus.

Shelly Cordulack, "Navigating Klee," Pantheon 56, 1998, p. 146

The Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné, Volume 5 1927-1930, Bern, 2004, p. 100, no. 4329, illus.

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