Jester

1924

Paul Klee Swiss, 1879-1940

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About the Artwork

Title Jester

Artwork Date 1924

Artist Paul Klee

Life Dates 1879-1940

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Swiss

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Watercolor, gouache, and graphite pencil on paper with laid texture mounted on thin cardboard

Dimensions Sheet: 12 3/8 × 14 inches (31.4 × 35.6 cm) Mount: 16 1/8 × 17 1/8 inches (41 × 43.5 cm) Framed: 22 3/4 × 24 1/4 × 1 inches (57.8 × 61.6 × 2.5 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.344

Markings

Signed Signed, in black ink, lower center of image: Klee

Inscriptions Inscribed, in black ink, lower center of margin on mount: 1924 258. Narr Inscribed, lower left: VIII Inscribed, in pencil, lower right margin: 20 3/4 x 27 Inscribed, lower right corner: 126 Inscribed, in pen and black ink, verso, near upper center: Klee "Fool" Inscribed, in blue crayon, lower right: 14

Provenance

Miss G. Sheyer

dealer, Buchholz Gallery (New York, New York, USA)

Robert H. Tannahill (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Einstein, Carl. Die Kunsr des 20 Jarhunderts. Berlin, 1931, p. 539 (ill.).

Paul Klee-Andre Masson. Exh. cat., Buchholz Gallery. New York, 1943, no. 5.

Uhr, H. German Drawings and Watercolors. New York, 1987, pp. 268-269, no. 147.

Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Tokyo, 1989, no. 102 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Paul Klee, Jester, 1924, watercolor, gouache, and graphite pencil on paper with laid texture mounted on thin cardboard. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.344.