LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil, watercolor and pen and ink on paper laid down by the artist on board, nailed down by the artist on a stretcher and in the artist's frame
Size Notes:
29.8 x 47.8
Description:
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Markings:
signed 'Klee'(lower right)
Exhibited:
Dsseldorf, Kunstverein fr die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Paul Klee, June-July 1931, p. 11, no. 75. Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee: Neue bilder und aquarelle, November-December 1931, no. 1. Oslo, Kunstnernes hus, Nyere tysk kunst: maleri og skulptur, January 1932, no. 86. Copenhagen, Den frie udstilling, Nyere tysk kunst, May 1932, no. 99. Berlin, Preussische Akademie der Knste, Herbstausstellung, October-November 1932, no. 94. Berlin, Berliner Secession, Frhjahrs-Ausstellung, May-July 1933, no. 35. London, The Mayor Gallery, A Survey of Contemporary Art, October 1933, no. 18 (dated 1932). Kunsthalle Bern, Paul Klee, February-March 1935, p. 5, no. 45. Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee, October-November 1935, p. 5, no. 36. Kunstmuseum Luzern, Paul Klee: Fritz huf, April-June 1936, p. 4, no. 32.
Literature:
R. Vitrac, A propos des oeuvres rcentes Paul Klee" in Cahiers d'Art
Provenance:
With Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin and Dsseldorf (1930, until at least 1932). With the Mayor Gallery, London (circa 1933-1935). Peter Watson, London and Paris (acquired from the artist, May 1939). Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and transferred to the Jeu de Paume (ERR no. Watson 3) (1 January 1941). Intended for transfer to Nikolsburg, Moravia (1 August 1944). Recovered by the French Resistance, and restituted by the Commission de Rcupration Artistique to Peter Watson, London and Paris, (29 December 1945, until at least 1954). Philip Granville Modern Paintings, London (until 1955). Berggruen et Cie., Paris (1955, until 1956). Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Harold Diamond, New York (until 1971). Berggruen et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1971). Private collection, Paris (acquired from the above, 1971). Private collection, London (acquired from the above); sale, Christies, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 48C.Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.