Marie Kakinuma

Summary

In the nine-volume Catalogue raisonné Paul Klee (1998–2004), a total of forty works are indicated as »originally together with« and/or registered as »split 1« or »split 2.«

This slightly confusing terminology and related problems of provenance data have been discussed only partially in Klee research to date. Questions that arise include:

Who did »the splitting«?

For what reasons?

How should provenances be dealt with in the case of works that formerly belonged together?