The Chair-Animal

1922

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper, bordered with gouache, mounted on cardboard
Dimensions: 18 3/4 × 24 1/8 in. (47.6 × 61.3 cm)
Collection no.: 1987.455.10
Attribution: By the artist

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

The Chair-Animal — Paul Klee. 1922.

Medium: Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper, bordered with gouache, mounted on cardboard. Dimensions: 18 3/4 × 24 1/8 in. (47.6 × 61.3 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, 1987.

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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