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© 2003 for the work of Paul Klee: ProLitteris, Zurich / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn


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Ohne Titel
Untitled, c. 1940
Oil-color and colored paste on paste priming on jute
55 x 50 cm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Photo: Peter Lauri, Bern


I. Chapter
Polyphonie, 1932, 273
Polyphony
Oil and chalk on canvas mounted on stretcher
66.5 x 106 cm
Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, on deposit in the
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel
Photo: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Martin Bühler


II. Chapter
Kopf eines Märtyrers, 1933, 280
Head of a Martyr
Watercolor on plaster priming on gauze mounted on
cardboard, watercolor on plaster priming on gauze
verso; original gilded frame moldings
26 x 20.5 cm
Gift of LK, Klee-Museum, Bern
Photo: Peter Lauri, Bern


III. Chapter
nach der UeberSchwemmung, 1936, 7
After the Flood
Colored paste and watercolor on paper
47.5 x 63 cm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Photo: Peter Schibli, Basel

das Tor zur Tiefe, 1936, 25
The Gate to the Depth
Pen and watercolor on priming on cotton mounted on
cardboard, mounted on stretcher
24 x 29 cm
Private collection, Switzerland
Photo: Peter Lauri, Bern


IV. Chapter
Zeichen in Gelb, 1937, 210
Signs in Yellow
Pastel on cotton on colored paste on jute mounted on
stretcher; original frame strips
83.5 x 50.3 cm
Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
Photo: Robert Bayer, LAC AG, Basel

Reicher Hafen, 1938, 147
Rich Harbor
Oil-color and colored paste on newsprint mounted
on jute mounted on stretcher
75.5 x 165 cm
Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Kunstmuseum,
Gift of the Klee-Gesellschaft Bern
Photo: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Martin Bühler

Ueberschach, 1937, 141
Super-Chess
Oil-color on jute mounted on stretcher; original frame strips
120 x 110 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich


V. Chapter
letzter Erdenschritt, 1939, 893
Last Step on Earth
Pencil on paper mounted on cardboard
29.5 x 21 cm
Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern
Photo: Peter Lauri, Bern

Tod und Feuer, 1940, 332
Death and Fire
Oil and colored paste on jute mounted on second paste-primed
jute mounted on stretcher; original double frame strips
46 x 44 cm
Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern
Photo: Peter Lauri, Bern


Chronology
Paul Klee in his studio,
Bern, 1938
Photo: Felix Klee