Captive Pierrot

1923

Paul Klee Swiss, 1879-1940

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About the Artwork

Title Captive Pierrot

Artwork Date 1923

Artist Paul Klee

Life Dates 1879-1940

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Swiss

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil transfer, watercolor, and black ink on heavy paper mounted on gray cardboard; decorative border of watercolor and black ink surrounds mounted sheet

Dimensions Sheet: 15 5/8 × 11 7/8 inches (39.7 × 30.2 cm) Mount: 18 7/8 × 14 1/2 inches (47.9 × 36.8 cm) Framed: 25 1/2 × 21 3/4 × 1 inches (64.8 × 55.2 × 2.5 cm)

Classification Drawings

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 70.341

Markings

Signed Signed, in black ink at right center: Klee

Inscriptions Inscribed, lower center: 1923 11 37 Gefangener Pierrot/VIII Inscribed, in pencil, lower right corner: 19 Inscribed, in pen and brown ink, verso, upper right: Inv. No. Inscribed, in pen and black ink, upper right: ERV Inscribed, in pencil, upper left: + [in circle] Inscribed, in red crayon, lower left corner: 13 [in circle] Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: NY 10883 Inscribed, verso, right of center: 13 x 16 3/4

Provenance

1950, Buchholz Gallery (New York, New York, USA)

Robert H. Tannahill (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Grohamann, W. Paul Klee. New York, 1955, p. 174, (ill.).

Les Sentiers de la Creation. Geneva, 1970, p. 138 (ill.).

Uhr, H. German Drawings and Watercolors. New York, 1987, pp. 264-265, no. 145.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Paul Klee, Captive Pierrot, 1923, oil transfer, watercolor, and black ink on heavy paper mounted on gray cardboard; decorative border of watercolor and black ink surrounds mounted sheet. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.341.