Picture of a Harbor

1916

Artists

Paul KleeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black ink and watercolor on laid paper mounted to board

Culture

Swiss

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

sheet: 10.2 x 20.4 cm (4 x 8 1/16 in.) board: 23.5 x 30.5 cm (9 1/4 x 12 in.) framed: 43 x 32 x 5 cm (16 15/16 x 12 5/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Sold, [through, D. D. Strum, March 17, 1917]; to Sally Falk, Mannheim (1917-1919); Rudolf Pfrunder, Zurich (1919); Jsrael Ber Neumann (1919-1921). [Neumann Gallery, New York], sold; to Joy and Marion Levy (1948-2002); Joy Levy (2002-2015), by bequest; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2015.

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