id:			144705
accession number:	1969.46
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1969.46
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:24.703000

Carnival in the Snow, 1923. Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940). Watercolor; sheet: 24 x 23.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); secondary support: 34.5 x 29.3 cm (13 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art 1969.46

title:				Carnival in the Snow
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creation date:			1923
creation date earliest:		1923
creation date latest:		1923
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creditline:			Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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culture:	Germany, 20th century
technique:	watercolor
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - German
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 24 x 23.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 34.5 x 29.3 cm (13 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
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	description:	beige(1) laid paper laid down on beige(1) wove paper discolored to yellow-beige (artist's mount)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	signed, upper left, in brown ink: Klee ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, by artist, lower center, in brown ink: 1923  ///   40     Karneval im Schnee [slashes part of inscription]
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1969
	opening date:   1970-01-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1969</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 27-February 22, 1970).

	title:		Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years
	opening date:   1973-09-18T04:00:00
	<i>Paul Klee: The Bauhaus Years</i>. Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA (organizer) (September 18-October 28, 1973).

	title:		Works of Paul Klee
	opening date:   1979-04-07T05:00:00
	<i>Works of Paul Klee</i>. Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany (organizer) (April 7-June 4, 1979).

	title:		Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960
	opening date:   1987-09-16T04:00:00
	<i>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 16-November 8, 1987).

	title:		Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure
	opening date:   1991-11-05T05:00:00
	<i>Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).

	title:		Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
	opening date:   2018-01-14T05:00:00
	<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	"This work was found in the estate of a young graphic designer after his death in 1944.  This young man must have been a personal acquaintance of Klee's." (letter from Doris Ryser of Karl u. Faber in departmental file); [Karl u. Faber, Munich, Dec. 11-12, 1968, lot no. 957]; [E.V. Thaw & Co., Inc., New York]
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 196
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n220

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History &amp; Education, CMA, 1969.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 1
	url:		https://archive.org/details/20thCenturyArtCMA/page/n1

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 246
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n266

	Henning, Edward B. <em>The Spirit of Surrealism</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 108, 173; Reproduced: p. 108
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	Henning, Edward B. <em>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 130, no. 39
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IMAGES

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