Der Bote des Herbstes (grün/violette Stufung mit orange Akzent) (The Harbinger of Autumn [green/violet gradation with orange accent]) Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879–1940)

1922

Prints and Drawings

By appointment, Duffy Study Room
Medium

Watercolor and graphite

Dimensions

sheet: 9 9/16 × 12 3/8 in. (24.3 × 31.4 cm)
storage: 10 7/16 × 13 1/16 in. (26.5 × 33.1 cm)
matted: 13 1/16 × 18 15/16 in. (33.2 × 48.1 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Collection Société Anonyme

Accession Number

1941.537

Geography

Made in Switzerland

Culture

Swiss

Period

Modern, 20th century

Classification

Drawings

Disclaimer

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Bibliography
  • Ruth L. Bohan et al., The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America, ed. Jennifer Gross, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 197, ill
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

watercolors

Inscriptions

Signed in black ink on sheet u.r. "Klee"; Inscribed in ink on mat below border 1.1. "1922/69"; inscribed in ink on mat below border 1.r. "Der Bote des Herbstes"

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