Author: Rewald, Sabine
Title: Paul Klee: The Berggruen Klee Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description: 1988. Hardcover. White cloth. 319 pp. 103 color, 236 bw plates. Ninety works by Klee-including drawings, watercolors and oils-comprise the Berggruen Klee Collection and are published together for the first time. These works span the career of the artist from his student days in Bern in the 1890s to his death in Muralto-Locarno in 1940. Includes an interview with the artist's only son, Felix, informal photographs of the Klee family, and a behind-the-scenes view of the Bauhaus, where Klee taught. Most of the works are reproduced in full-page colorplates, accompanied by an extensive entry which incorporates biographical information and quotations from Klee's letters (as yet unpublished in English). Also contains an extensive chronology and bibliography. VG/VG, book is slightly cocked.

Keywords: European Art; German Art; 20th Century; Modern Art ; Klee, Paul ; German Art ; 20th Century


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