Klee; Paul
1879 M黱chenbuchsee - 1940 Muralto/ Ticino

Portoferraio. 1927. Pen drawing; over pencil on Japan. 31 x 46.5cm. Signed upper right: Klee. Also inscribed on the lower margin: Porto f. Framed.

Provenance:
- Lily Klee; Berne (1940-46)
- Klee-Gesellschaft; Beren (1946-49)
- Buchholz Gallery-Curt Valentin; New York (1949)
- Philip Hart; Portland
- Galerie Rupert Schr鰀er; Cologne
- Corporate collection Germany

Exhibitions (selection):
- The Tate Gallery in the National Gallery; London; 1945-1946
- The Arts Council of Great Britain in Castle Museum; Norwich; 1946
- The Tate Gallery in Graves Art Gallery; Sheffield; 1946
- The Tate Gallery in Hanley Public Museum and Art Gallery; Stoke-on Trent; 1946
- Art Gallery and Industrial Museum; Aberdeen; 1946
- City Art Gallery; Manchester; 1946; cat. no. 8; no. 83
- Buchholz Gallery; Curt Valentin; New York; 1950; no. 46
- Gustav-L黚cke Museum; Hamm; 1997
- Museum der bildenden K黱ste; Leipzig; 1997; no. 37

Literature:
- Paul-Klee-Stiftung; Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.): Catalogue raisonn?Paul Klee ; vol. 5;
1927-1930; Berne 2001; no. 4292; ill.
- Grohmann; Will (ed.): Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930; Potsdam/Berlin 1934; no.
44
- Grohmann; Will (ed.): Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen II; 1921-1930; Bergen 1948; no. 44
- Armitage; Merle (ed.): 5 Essays on Klee; New York 1950; ill.
- Grohmann; Will: Paul Klee; Stuttgart 1954; p. 72; ill.
- di San Lazzaro; Gualtieri: Klee. La vie et l'oeuvre; Paris 1957; ill.
- Raboff; Ernest: Paul Klee. Kunst f黵 Kinder; Geneva 1969; p. 20; ill.
- Wada; Sadao: Paul Klee and His Travels; Tokyo 1979; ill. 119
- Glaesemer; J黵gen: Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen II. 1921-1936; Berne 1984; p. 109; ill.
- B黷ikofer; Katharina/Nyffenegger; Katharina/Frey; Stefan: zum Beispiel: Paul Klee. Wir
entdecken Kunst; Solothurn 1992; p. 102; colour ill.
- Dantini; Michele: I Giardini di Orfeo. Paul Klee tra astrazione - paesaggio puro - e
caricatura; Dissertation; Scuola Normale Superiore; Pisa 1993/1994; p. 318
- Gerlach-Laxner; Uta/Schwinzer Ellen (Ed.): Paul Klee. Reisen in den S黡en;
Ostfildern-Ruit bei Stuttgart 1997; p. 16; colour ill. no. 37
- Frey; Stefan: Dokumentation 黚er Klees Reisen ans Mittelmeer; in: exhibition cat.
Hamm/Leipzig 1997; pp. 242-263; p. 250
- Gerlach-Laxner; Uta: Paul Klee. Reisen in den S黡en - Hintergr黱de und Erwartungen; in:
exhibition cat. Hamm/Leipzig 1997; p. 12-19; p. 16
- Wyman; Sarah: The poem in the painting: Roman Jakobson and the pictorial language of
Paul Klee; in: Word & Image; vol. 20; no. 2; April-June 2004; p. 138-154; p. 146.Art trade; Van Ham.