Late Evening Looking Out of the Woods
- Date
- 1937
- Material
- Oil on paper with brown sizing
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 19 1/2 × 15 1/2 in. (49.5 × 39.4 cm)
framed: 29 3/16 × 23 3/16 × 1 5/8 in. (74.1 × 58.9 × 4.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
- Object Number
- 119:1947
NOTES
As the title indicates, this image alludes to the close of day when the broad palette of daylight no longer exists. Paul Klee was intrigued with the effects of evening light on perception and imagination and composed this image from only two colors, close in tonality. He skillfully balances positive and negative space, with the brown of the trees and the blue of the sky hovering next to each other in the twilight.
Provenance
- 1940
Paul Klee (1879-1940), Bern, Switzerland
1940 - 1946
Lily Klee (1876-1946), Bern, Switzerland, by inheritance from the artist [1]
1946 - 1947
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, Switzerland
1947 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the Klee-Gesellschaft through the Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France, with Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, USA, acting as their agent [2]
Notes:
[1] After both the artist's death, and his wife, Lily Klee's death, the work passed to the Klee-Gesellschaft. The Klee-Gesellschaft placed the object on consignment to the Galerie Louise Leiris, who then sold it through the Buchholz Gallery to the Museum [Letter from Stefan Frey, Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Bern dated January 11, 1994, SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 9, 1947.
Paul Klee (1879-1940), Bern, Switzerland
1940 - 1946
Lily Klee (1876-1946), Bern, Switzerland, by inheritance from the artist [1]
1946 - 1947
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, Switzerland
1947 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from the Klee-Gesellschaft through the Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris, France, with Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York, USA, acting as their agent [2]
Notes:
[1] After both the artist's death, and his wife, Lily Klee's death, the work passed to the Klee-Gesellschaft. The Klee-Gesellschaft placed the object on consignment to the Galerie Louise Leiris, who then sold it through the Buchholz Gallery to the Museum [Letter from Stefan Frey, Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Bern dated January 11, 1994, SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 9, 1947.
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