Helfenstein, Josef and Elizabeth Hutton Turner (editors) et al.. KLEE and America. 316 pp., 97 color and 119 b&w illustrations. 4to, cloth. Houston, The Menil Collection in association with Osfildern-Ruit, Hatje Cantz, 2006.
In 1939, Alfred Barr bought the first work by Klee for the collection of the Museum of Modern Art. The travelling exhibition that is accompanied by this catalogue explores the reasons for Klee's popularity with U.S. collectors, especially during the 1930s and 1940s, and offers an impressive selection of his finest "American" works, both paintings and drawings.