The archive provided the basis for many publications by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung (Paul Klee Foundation – PKS): the inventory of the collection held by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung, in several volumes, the publication of manuscripts and exhibition catalogues, and research literature.

Publications
Prior to its merging with the Stiftung Zentrum Paul Klee (Zentrum Paul Klee Foundation – SZPK) at the end of 2004 the Paul-Klee-Stiftung had published the following works:

• Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern. Gemälde, farbige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, written and edited by Jürgen Glaesemer, Bern 1976.
• Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen I. Kindheit bis 1920, written and edited by Jürgen Glaesemer, Bern 1973.
• Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen II. 1921–1936, written and edited by Jürgen Glaesemer, Bern 1974.
• Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen III. 1937–1940, written and edited by Jürgen Glaesemer, Bern 1970.
• Paul Klee. Beiträge zur bildnerischen Formenlehre, facsimile edition of the original manuscript of Paul Klee’s first series of lectures at the Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar 1921/22, Basel/Stuttgart 1979.
• Paul Klee. Tagebücher 1898–1918, critical new edition, edited by Wolfgang Kersten, Stuttgart/Teufen 1987.
• Paul Klee. Leben und Werk, published in co-operation with the Museum of Modern Art New York, New York/Stuttgart 1979 (new edition 1996).
• Paul Klee. Verzeichnis der Werke des Jahres 1940, edited by Stefan Frey and Josef Helfenstein, Stuttgart 1991.

Publication series

• Christian Geelhaar, Paul Klee. Progressionen. Zeichnungen zum Bauhaus-Unterricht, published by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung Bern (issued to coincide with the exhibition of 1.12.1974 – 12.1.1975 at the Bern Art Museum), Bern 1975.
• Paul Klee. Das graphische und plastische Werk, published by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung Bern, Bern 1975.
• Max Huggler, Die Kunsttheorie von Paul Klee, published by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung Bern, Bern 1977.
• Marcel Baumgartner, Paul Klee und die Photographie, published by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung Bern, Bern 1978.

Series "Schriften und Forschungen zu Paul Klee"
The following work was published as part of the series "Schriften und Forschungen zu Paul Klee":

• Paul Klee – Kunst und Karriere. Beiträge des internationalen Symposiums in Bern, published by Oskar Bätschmann and Josef Helfenstein, with contributions by Isabella Jungo and Christian Rümelin, published by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung Bern (Schriften und Forschungen zu Paul Klee, Bd. 1), Bern 2000.

During years of intensive research work the work of Paul Klee was systematically structured by the Paul-Klee-Stiftung using scientific methods. The result of this work is the publication of an extensive catalogue of works by Paul Klee, the Catalogue raisonné Paul Klee in nine volumes.