Lot 43
  • 43

Paul Klee

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Klee
  • BERG LANDSCHAFT (Paysage de montagne)
  • signé Klee (en bas à droite); titré et daté 1924.54.'(sur le carton de montage de l'artiste); daté 1924 et numéroté 3/12 (au dos) 
  • encre sur papier, marouflé sur le carton de montage de l'artiste
  • feuille : 22,2 x 28,5 cm; 8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.
  • carton de montage : 27,3 x 35 cm; 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.

Provenance

Lily Klee, Berne (à partir de 1940)
Galleria Transart, Milan
Acquis du précédent par le propriétaire actuel vers 1979

Exhibited

Zurich, ETH Zurich, Graphische Sammlung, Gedächtnisausstellung Paul Klee 1879-1940, 1940, no. 55

Literature

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, no. 28
Max Bill, 'Paul Klee' in. Das Werk, vol. XXVII, édition 8, 1940, reproduit p. 211
Paul Klee Stiftung (ed.), Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné, 1923-1926, Berne, 2000, vol. IV, no. 3422, reproduit p. 195

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, laid down on the artist's mount. Apart from some light time staining to the sheet, this work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Klee' (lower right); titled and dated '1924.54.' (on the artist's mount); dated '1924' and numbered '3/12' (on the reverse), pen and ink on paper. Executed in 1924.