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Artists›Paul Klee

Paul Klee

Paul Klee

1879

WA-00008957

PaintingExpressionismPointillismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

135

Institutional Exhibitions

282

Works in Collection

519

Assets Indexed

5

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

100%

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Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Set in Stone

David Zwirner

2026

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Abstractions

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1988–1989

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Master Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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European Drawing Between the Wars

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987–1988

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Surrealist Prints from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Drawing since 1940

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Paul Klee

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1987

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Naked/Nude

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1986

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyGallery Zwirner + Gallery Generic· 80%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (5)

Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists/paul-klee
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-klee
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/paul-klee
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
David-Zwirnerhttps://www.davidzwirner.com/artists
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/3130
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Paul Klee yet.

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rijksmuseum

Canonical record

Artworks (282)

Der Paukenspieler (The Drummer Boy)

Der Paukenspieler (The Drummer Boy)

1972 · Cotton, jute and wool, plain weave with discontinuous supplementary pile warps forming cut solid pile

151.4 × 74.7 cm (59 5/8 × 29 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Poster for Klee Exhibition at Berggruen & Cie

Poster for Klee Exhibition at Berggruen & Cie

1955 · Lithograph

25 3/8 x 18 11/16" (64.4 x 47.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Day Music (Musique diurne) from Art d'Aujourd'hui, Maîtres de l'Art Abstrait (Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art), Album I

Day Music (Musique diurne) from Art d'Aujourd'hui, Maîtres de l'Art Abstrait (Art of Today, Masters of Abstract Art), Album I

1953 · One from a portfolio of sixteen screenprint reproductions

composition (irreg.): 13 3/4 × 20 5/8" (35 × 52.4 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 25 3/16" (49 × 63.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Dancing Girl

1940 · Oil on cloth

53.3 × 51.2 cm (21 × 20 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Lady Apart (Dame abseits)

Lady Apart (Dame abseits)

1940 · Pigmented paste on paper on board

25 1/2 x 19 3/4" (64.8 x 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Leaf from the Memoirs of an Old Woman

Leaf from the Memoirs of an Old Woman

1939 · Watercolor and pen and brown ink, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, tipped on ivory wove paper

Max: 29.4 × 20.9 cm (11 5/8 × 8 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Exotics

1939 · Oil on burlap

71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Intoxication (Im Rausch)

Intoxication (Im Rausch)

1939 · Pigmented paste on tracing paper on board

16 1/8 x 21 3/4" (41 x 55.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Men Will Come

1938 · Brush and black wash, on off-white watercolor paper, tipped on ivory wove paper

25.5 × 42.4 cm (10 1/16 × 16 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Harmonized Region

Harmonized Region

1938 · Oil on burlap on cardboard

38.7 × 47 cm (15 1/4 × 18 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sales Woman in the Open (Study for 'Exotic')

The Sales Woman in the Open (Study for 'Exotic')

1938 · Brush and black ink on off-white wove paper, tipped onto ivory card

43.1 × 27 cm (17 × 10 11/16 in.); Mount sight: 55.1 × 34.7 cm (21 3/4 × 13 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Duke Leader (Ladder) Not Alone

Duke Leader (Ladder) Not Alone

1938 · Oil and tempera on paper

34.3 × 48.6 cm (13 9/16 × 19 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Heroic Strokes of the Bow (Heroische Bogenstriche)

Heroic Strokes of the Bow (Heroische Bogenstriche)

1938 · Pigmented paste on newspaper on dyed cloth on board in artist's frame

28 3/4 x 20 7/8" (73 x 53 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Letter Ghost (Geist eines Briefes)

Letter Ghost (Geist eines Briefes)

1937 · Pigmented paste on newspaper

13 x 19 1/8" (33 x 48.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

God of War

1937 · Gouache and tempera

Sheet: 35.2 x 29 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Secondary Support: 64.6 x 49.3 cm (25 7/16 x 19 7/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Walpurgis Night

Walpurgis Night

1935 · Gouache on fabric on plywood

support: 508 x 470 mm frame: 725 x 682 x 72 mm

In the Magic Mirror

In the Magic Mirror

1934 · Oil on canvas, on board

66 × 50 cm (26 × 19 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Starving Spirits

Starving Spirits

1934 · Pastel and oil on linen

Max: 51 × 43.7 cm (20 1/8 × 17 1/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Errand Boy (Ausläufer)

Errand Boy (Ausläufer)

1934 · Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper

19 1/8 x 12 3/8" (48.6 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Painter's Studio

Painter's Studio

1933 · Watercolor, over graphite, on off-white wove paper, hinged on cream wove card

32.2 × 43 cm (12 11/16 × 16 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Animals in Monumental Pose

Animals in Monumental Pose

1933 · Black crayon on cream wove tracing paper, hinged to cream wove card

44.4 × 26.6 cm (17 1/2 × 10 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Old Dwarf (Alte Zwergin)

Old Dwarf (Alte Zwergin)

1933 · Pigmented paste on paper on board

18 1/4 x 13 3/4" (46.3 x 34.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Women Harvesting

Women Harvesting

1932 · Pastel on canvas, on burlap

50 × 54 cm (20 × 21 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Great Harbor

1932 · Watercolor on off-white laid paper

45.3 × 60.4 cm (17 7/8 × 23 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (7)

282 published of 450 catalogued · 441 with image

MoMA
142 publishedof 286 catalogued279 img
Art Institute Chicago
97 published97 img
Nga
26 published26 img
Tate
9 published9 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 publishedof 10 catalogued8 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 21 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

4 entries · 2 sources

Twittering Machine
1922 · MoMA · 3 prov
Wikidata·titleWikidata·year_createdWikidata·primary_image_url
Carnival in the Snow
1923 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

27 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Dancing Girl (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Dancing Girl (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Paul Klee Bewegungen in Schleusen

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

AUGUST PREUSSE Möbelstillleben 1930

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Mit dem Netzfischer (recto); Zeichnung (verso) 2000 NYR 09356 0504 000(011015)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Paul klee damonische nacht2024 CKS 22658 0286 000(101521)

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Gedenktafel Paul Klee

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

32

Peers & Context14

Ray Johnsonco-exhibitedTobias Baurco-exhibitedWilliam Egglestonco-exhibited Wolfgang Tillmansco-exhibitedJacopo Ligozzico-exhibitedSuzan Freconco-exhibited

Movements8

Expressionism Pointillism Surrealism Impressionism Post-Impressionism Bauhaus

Collections10

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Museum of Modern Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

Gallery

David Zwirner

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

In collection

Rijksmuseum

In collection

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart

Visual Arts

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Visual Arts

Network

Related Artists

William Eggleston

co exhibited with

Wolfgang Tillmans

co exhibited with

co exhibited with