Inscription: Signed (left center): Klee; dated and numbered (bottom left): 1934 K 20; inscribed (bottom right): ein Verständiger

George L. K. Morris, New York (by 1940–at least 1943); Leland Hayward, New York (by 1945–at least 1953); Sotheby's, London, November 24–25, 1964, no. 82, withdrawn from sale; [Marlborough Gallery, Zurich, 1967–68; sold on December 4, 1968 to Gelman]; Jacques and Natasha Gelman, Mexico City and New York (1968–his d. 1986); Natasha Gelman, Mexico City and New York, 1986–d. 1998; her bequest to MMA)

Kunsthalle Basel. "Paul Klee," October 27–November 24, 1935, no. 165 (as "Ein Verständiger," for sale, SFr 600).

New York. Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin and Willard Gallery. "Paul Klee," October 9–November 2, 1940, no. 80 (lent by Mr. Georges [sic] L. K. Morris, New York).

Northhampton, Mass. Smith College Museum of Art. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," January 7–22, 1941, no catalogue.

Arts Club of Chicago. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," January 31–February 28, 1941, no. 56 (lent by George L. K. Morris, New York).

Portland, Ore. Portland Art Museum. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," March 10–April 9, 1941, no catalogue.

San Francisco Museum of Art. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," April 14–May 5, 1941.

Los Angeles. Stendahl Art Galleries. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," May 8–18, 1941.

City Art Museum of Saint Louis. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," May 24–June 21, 1941, no catalogue.

Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Paul Klee," June 30–July 27, 1941, no. 56 (lent by George L. K. Morris, New York).

Wellesley, Mass. Wellesley College. "Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition," October 14–November 2, 1941, no catalogue.

New York. Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin. "Paul Klee, André Masson & Some Aspects of Ancient and Primitive Sculpture," February 23–March 20, 1943, no. 19.

Beverly Hills. Modern Institute of Art. "Klee: 30 Years of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings and Lithographs by Paul Klee and in a Klee Like Mood: 2,000 Years of Coptic, Persian, Chinese, European and Peruvian Textiles," September 3–October 6, 1948, no. 15 (lent by Mr. Leland Hayward).

Museum of Modern Art, New York. "Modern Art in Your Life," October 5–December 4, 1949, unnumbered cat. (p. 32; lent by Leland Hayward, New York) [catalogue published in The Museum of Modern Art Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 1, 1949].

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Twentieth Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection," December 12, 1989–April 1, 1990, unnumbered cat. (p. 196).

London. Royal Academy of Arts. "Twentieth Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection," April 19–July 15, 1990.

Martigny. Fondation Pierre Gianadda. "De Matisse à Picasso: Collection Jacques et Natasha Gelman," June 18–November 1, 1994, unnumbered cat. (p. 220).

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Paul Klee: Figures and Faces," August 23–November 16, 1997, no catalogue.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Klee Figures," October 5, 2001–March 10, 2002, no catalogue.

Jankel Adler. "Memories of Paul Klee." Horizon 6 (October 1942), ill between pp. 264 and 265.

Margaret Miller, ed. Paul Klee. rev. enl. ed. (1st ed., 1941). New York, 1945, ill. p. 56.

Carola Giedion Welcker. "Bildinhalte und Ausdrucksmittel bei Paul Klee." Werk 35 (March 1948), p. 87.

Judith Kaye Reed. "Modern Art in Your Life." Art Digest 24 (October 15, 1949), p. 11, ill.

Allene Talmey. "Leland Hayward: Notes on a Remarkable Producer, Idea Man, Financier, and Photographer, Whose Cable Address is 'Haywire, New York'." Vogue 121 (May 15, 1953), ill. p. 49 (installation photo).

J[ürg]. Sp[iller]. "Uber Norm und Anorm bei Paul Klee." Documenta Geigy (1957), unpaginated, ill.

William S. Lieberman in Twentieth Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Ed. William S Lieberman. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, p. 16.

Sabine Rewald in Twentieth Century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection. Ed. William S. Lieberman. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1989, pp. 195–97, 302, ill. (color and bw).

William S. Lieberman. "Donation Gelman: l'École de Paris au Metropolitan." Connaissance des arts, no. 554 (October 1998), p. 106.

Sabine Rewald in "Recent Acquisitions: A Selection 1999–2000." Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 58 (Fall 2000), p. 59, ill. (color).

Josef Helfenstein and Christian Rümelin, eds. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 6, 1931–1933. Ed. Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Berne. New York, 2002, p. 477, under no. 6457.

Josef Helfenstein and Christian Rümelin, eds. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. 7, 1934–1938. Ed. Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Berne. New York, 2003, pp. 52, 132, no. 6578, ill. pp. 52 and 80 (color).