Der Pathetiker

Artist Paul Klee Swiss, 1879–1940, active in Germany 1906–1933

Date1922

MediumOil on paper

Dimensions12 3/8 x 9 in. (31.4 x 22.9 cm)

ClassificationsDrawings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number77.1.1

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceBern, Klipstein and Kornfeld, Auction 100, 1963, no. 510, illus. p. 46; Bern Kornfeld, Auction 145, 1972, no. 546.
Published ReferencesWill Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen II, 1921-30, Bergen II (O.B.B.) (Miller & Kiepenheuer Verlag, 1934), 11, illus. pl. 10.
Exhibition HistoryLondon, England, Fischer Fine Art, Ltd., "Paul Klee: 1879-1940," September-October, 1975, cat. no. 3, illus.

London, England, Fischer Fine Art, Ltd., "Universe of Art V: Important 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, and Graphics," cat. no. 21, illus.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "German Works on Paper," October 20, 1983-January 15, 1984.

Chapel Hill, NC, Ackland Art Museum, "Romantic Dreams and Rude Awakenings: Northern European Prints and Drawings, 1840-1940," April 8-July 10, 2011.
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