Artist Monograph

Paul Klee, German

German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 55 38.2%
Etching 25 17.4%
Oil Painting 20 13.9%
Watercolor 16 11.1%
Drawing 15 10.4%
Other Media 8 5.6%
Gouache 3 2.1%
Tempera 1 0.7%

Paul Klee’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Lithography (22,569 total works in this medium by 3,157 artists), with secondary engagement in Etching, Oil Painting, Watercolor, Drawing, Other Media, Gouache, Tempera.

Department Distribution

MoMA DepartmentWorksShare
Drawings & Prints12788.2%
Painting & Sculpture149.7%
Architecture & Design32.1%

Production by Decade

13
1900s
47
1910s
67
1920s
14
1930s
1
1940s
2
1950s

Classification Types

  • Print — 68
  • Drawing — 41
  • Painting — 14
  • Illustrated Book — 13
  • Periodical — 5
  • Design — 3

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19351
19394
19417
194216
19448
19451
19462
19471
19489
19498
19509
195121
19535
19541
19554
19565
19573
19582
19601
19611
19622
19643
19661
19694
19703

German Contemporaries

  1. 835 Lilly Reich
  2. 750 August Sander
  3. 270 Thomas Schütte
  4. 260 Martin Kippenberger
  5. 224 Michael Schmidt