Art, literature & history
Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales)
1917
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- gouache, watercolor, and pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted on cardboard; the sheet bordered at the top with yellow paper strip mounted to support
- Dimensions
- overall: 22.8 x 18.1 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1990.59.2
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Paul Klee. Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales). National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales) — Paul Klee. 1917.
Medium: gouache, watercolor, and pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted on cardboard; the sheet bordered at the top with yellow paper strip mounted to support.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 22.8 x 18.1 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1990.59.2. Gift of Catherine Gamble Curran and Family, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.