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DrawingsSwiss20th century

Balloon over the Town

1928

Artists

Paul KleeArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Pen and ink on paper

Culture

Swiss

Century

20th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

sight: 45.8 x 33 cm (18 1/16 x 13 in.) framed: 75 x 59 cm (29 1/2 x 23 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946); Klee Gesellschaft, Bern (c. 1946); [Buchholz 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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