
Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Einsames Mal (Solitary Sign)
Auction Closed
November 14, 11:00 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Einsames Mal (Solitary Sign)
signed Klee (lower left); dated 1929, titled and numbered W. 7. (on the artist's mount)
watercolor and chalk on paper mounted on card
sheet: 8 ⅝ by 12 ¼ in. 29.9 by 31.2 cm.
mount: 11 ½ by 14 ⅜ in. 29.3 by 36.4 cm.
Executed in 1929.
Rudolf Probst (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides; The Kunsthaus), Dresden and Mannheim (acquired on consignment from the artist in January 1930 until 1932)
Lily Klee, Bern (acquired by descent from the artist in 1940)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above in 1946 until circa 1950)
Hans and Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern (probably acquired from the above circa 1950)
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (acquired from the above in 1956)
Simone de Monbrison, Paris (acquired from the above in 1956)
Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 17 June 1988, lot 75
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Paul Klee zum 50. Geburstage. Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1920-1929, 1930, no. 89
Hanover, Kestner Gesellschaft, Paul Klee Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik, 1903-1930, 1931
Paris, Galerie Berguen & Cie, Paul Klee. Les années 20, 1971, no. 59
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, Bern 2001, no. 4983, p. 368, illustrated
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