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Paul Klee

( Swiss, 1879 - 1940 )

Kunststreit

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Materials:

pen and ink on paper laid down on card

Size Notes:

25.7 x 48

Description:

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Markings:

signed 'Klee'

Exhibited:

Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Paul Klee, September-October 1978, no. 32 (illustrated).

Literature:

The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonn, 1931-1933, Bonn, 2004, vol. 6, p. 253, no. 5899 (illustrated). C. Hopfengart, Der Maler von heute

Provenance:

Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist). Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946). Karl Nierendorf, New York (acquired from the above, 1947). The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (acquired from the estate of the above, 1948). Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired from the above, by 1973). Anon. sale, Kornfeld und Klipstein, Bern, 9 June 1976, lot 514. Private collection, Switzerland. Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York (from whom stolen, 1988). Private collection, New York. Bronxville Art Center, New York. Private collection, New York (acquired from the above). Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above). Recovered by the Art Loss Register, 2022, and offered on behalf of insurers.

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