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Creator
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
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Title
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Bau eines kolosses (also titled: ‘Problem’)
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Date
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Executed in 1919
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Description
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Watercolor over oil transfer on paper
27.30 x 17.14 cm
44.13 x 34.29 x 3.81 cm
Signed at bottom, right of center: ‘Klee’; inscribed on the reverse ‘Problem’
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Provenance
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Hans (1881-1952) and Maryellechen Koch, Düsseldorf and Hegnau, by June 1931, by inheritance to his wife; Maryellechen Koch, Germany, possibly (sale, Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 27-28 November 1956, lot 472). [Theodor Schempp, (1904-1988), Paris and New York, by 1956, sold May 1957 to]; Arthur William Sidney Herrington (1891-1970) and Nell C. Herrington (1891-1966), Indianapolis, Indiana, by inheritance to their son; Arthur Clarke Herrington (1931-2018), Maryland, bequest 2018 to; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. [1]
[1] Refer to the curatorial/object file.
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Auction Catalogues
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1956 – Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, 25. Kunstauktion. Moderne Kunst, 27-28 November 1956, lot 472, titled Problem, sold DM 5200.
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Exhibitions
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1930 – Düsseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim et al., Paul Klee: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen u. Graphik aus 25 Jahren: Ausstellung, 15. Februar bis 10. März 1930, p. 8, no.72 Problem [wrongly dated 1920].
1931 – Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Ausstellung [Paul Klee] … veranstaltet in Verbindung mit der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, 14 June – 6 July 1931, p. 16: [Aquarelle] 125. Problem 1919, Bes. Dr. med. H. Koch, Düsseldorf.
1960 – Indianapolis, IN, John Herron Art Museum, Indiana Collects: A Loan Exhibition of European and Latin-American Paintings Owned by Collectors in the State of Indiana, 9 October – 6 November 1960, Klee, Problem, no. 57, illus.
1964 – Champaign, IL, Krannert Art Museum, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington of Indianapolis, Indiana, European and American Paintings and Graphic Art; European, American, and Oriental Decorative Arts, 27 September – 25 October 1964, no. 66, illus.
1965 – Indianapolis, Leah Ransburg Fine Arts Center, Indiana Central College, Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. A.W.S. Herrington, 2 – 10 October 1965, no. 15, illus.
1968 – Indianapolis, IN, Art Association of Indianapolis, Herron Museum of Art, The Nell Clarke Herrington Memorial Exhibition, 7-28 April 1968, Bulletin/Catalogue, Spring 1968, p. 44-5, illus.
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References
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Paul-Klee Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern, ed. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. Bd. 3: 1919-1922. Bern: Benteli, 1999, p. 129, no. 2272, illus., Bau eines Kolosses / Construction of a Colossus.
Dascher, Ottfried. “Kataloge der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim” [Reprint of exhibition catalogues] [CD]. In Alfred Flechtheim: Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger. Wädenswil: Nimbus, Kunst und Bücher, 2011, p.201, no. 72, p.232, no. 125.
Moll, Friedrich. “Das Gemälde des Dr. Koch von Otto Dix: Medizin und moderne Kunst.” Urologie im Rheinland. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 2015, pp. 180-91.
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Status
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Under research
