Portrait of a Yellow Man

1921

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor, transferred printing ink, and ink on paper mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: 23 1/8 × 16 1/2 in. (58.7 × 41.9 cm)
Collection no.: 1984.315.24
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Portrait of a Yellow Man — Paul Klee. 1921.

Medium: Watercolor, transferred printing ink, and ink on paper mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 23 1/8 × 16 1/2 in. (58.7 × 41.9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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