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Paul Klee

Paul Klee
1879-1940
Red, Green Gradation
1921
Watercolor on laid paper, with pen and black ink and wash extended onto mount.
9 1/4 x 12 1/16 inches (235 x 305 mm); mount: 10 1/2 x 12 5/8 inches (302 x 360 mm)
Thaw Collection.
© Paul Klee / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
2017.134
Notes: 

Watermark: none visible through lining.

Inscription: 

Inscribed on mount at lower left, in pen and black ink, "1921 / 102 and in graphite, Stufung rot / grün. (roter Zinnober)".

Provenance: 
Dr. William R. Valentiner, Detroit; Heinz Berggruen, Paris; Helen Serger (Galerie La Boetie), New York; Acquavella Galleries, New York; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Catalog link: 
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Artist page: 
Klee, Paul
Century: 
20th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Modern and Contemporary Drawings