Strange Glance

1. The artist [with Galerie Flechtheim, Düsseldorf and Berlin (price and shipping lists, 1930, The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York, MoMA Exhs. Series Folder 4.2; Düsseldorf 1931; Berlin 1931); with Galerie Simon, Paris (Galerie Simon verso label, no. 11436; documentation, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, restricted); and with Neumann Gallery, New York (documentation, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, restricted)]; sold through Galerie Simon, Paris, to Nierendorf Gallery, New York, 1940 [sent from Galerie Simon to Nierendorf Gallery, Dec. 27, 1937 (Galerie Simon verso label, no. 11436; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, verso label, no. 493; documentation, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, restricted)]; sold to Harold M. (1900–1987) and Claire Florsheim (1903–1991), Highland Park, IL, 1941 [documentation, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, restricted; Chicago 1941]; Ernest B. and Claire Zeisler (formerly Florsheim), Chicago, 1946; Claire Zeisler Trust; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, March 13–April 2, 1930, p. 11, cat. 60, as Der andere Blick, The Second Glance.
• Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für Rheinlande und Westfalen mit der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, June 14–July 6, 1931, p. 12, cat. 84, as Der Andere Blick.
• Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee: Neue Bilder und Aquarelle, November 15–December 10, 1931, cat. 4.
• Prague, Vereinigung der bildenden Künstler Manes, International Exhibition, November 29, 1935–January 2, 1936, cat. 13.
• Paris, Musée du Jeu de Pomme, Origines et Développement de l’Art International Indépendant, July 30–October 31, 1937, n.p., cat. 127, as L’autre regard.
• New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Paul Klee: A Choice Collection of the Master’s Work, October 24–November 1938, cat. 12.
• Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, The Sources of Modern Painting, March 2–April 10, 1939, p. 56, cat. 48, as The Other Look, Der Andere Blick; traveled to New York, Wildenstein and Co., April 25–May 20, 1939.
• Chicago, Arts Club, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Florsheim, November 4–29, 1941, cat. 14, as The Other Look.
• Chicago, Renaissance Society, Paul Klee, June 5–24, 1946, cat. 4., as The Other Look.
• Chicago, Arts Club, Paul Klee: Works from Chicago Collections, January 16– February 20, 1962, n.p., cat. 36, as The Other Look. [coll. Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Zeisler]

• Roger Vitrac, “A propos des oeuvres récentes Paul Klee,” Cashiers d’Art, 5, 6 (1930), pp. 301–306.
• John A. Thwaites, “Paul Klee and the Object,” Parnassus 9, 6 (November 1937), p. 8 (ill.), as Searching Eyes.
• Karl Nierendorf, Paul Klee: Paintings and Watercolors, 1913 to 1939 (Oxford University Press, 1941), cat. 27 (ill.).
• Merle Armitage, Five Essays on Paul Klee (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1950), p. 89.
• Annegret Janda, Paul Klee und Nationalgalerie 1919–1937 (Dresden, 1986), p. 49.
• Alan Artner, “Art Institute Inherits Five Surrealist Paintings,” Chicago Tribune, Oct. 11, 1991, Section D, A5.
• Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné (Bern: Paul-Klee-Stiftung, 2001), vol. 5, p. 418 (ill.), cat. 5135, as Der Andere Blick, The Other Gaze.

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