Lot 371
  • 371

Paul Klee

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Paul Klee
  • Kinder und Krähen (Children and crows)
  • Signed Klee (lower left); titled, dated 1932 and numbered R4 (on the artist's mount)
  • Brush and ink on paper with the artist's mount
  • 12 7/8 by 19 1/4 in.
  • 32.7 by 48.6 cm

Provenance

Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Robert J. & Helen McIntosh, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above in 1976

Literature

Paul Klee Stiftung, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné 1931-1933, vol. VI, Bern, 2002, no. 5840, illustrated p. 234

Condition

Good condition. Mount affixed to board; drawing hinged at top 2 corners; tape remnants at lower center edge; sheet shows scattered spots of staining at edges, corresponding to old adhesive where sheet was previously affixed to mount; mount is time stained and sheet may have slightly darkened over time.
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