Paul Klee

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

bidding is closed

Description

Paul Klee
Zeichnungen zu den Vogelinseln (1921/20), (Drawing for Bird Islands (1921/20))
signed Klee (lower right), dated 1921, numbered 35 and titled on the artist's mount
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
26 by 32.4cm., 10¼ by 12¾in.

Provenance

James Wise, Geneva, New York, & Nice
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired from the above in 1958)
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London
Galerie Athénée AG, Triesenberg
Sale: Kornfeld & Cie, Bern, 16th June 1972, lot 542
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York
Private Collection, Canada (acquired from the above in 1973)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Kronprinzenpalais, Paul Klee, 1923
Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada & Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, A Tribute to Paul Klee 1879-1940, 1979, no. 20, illustrated in the catalogue
Fort Dodge, Blanden Memorial Art Gallery & Oxford, Ohio, Miami University Art Museum, A Loan Exhibition of Paintings and Works of Art on Paper by Paul Klee and Lyonel Feininger, 1980-1981, no. 11, illustrated in the catalogue
Venice, Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca'Pesaro & Milan, Palazzo Reale, Paul Klee nelle collezioni private, 1986, no. 45, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam & Berlin, 1934, no. 2, illustrated p. 9
Jürgen Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern. Gemälde, farbige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 141, illustrated
Paul Klee Foundation, Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné, Bern, 1999, vol. III, no. 2626, illustrated p. 270

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper, laid down on the artist's board which is hinged to the mount at the upper two corners. The work is slightly time-stained (not visible when framed). There is some minor creasing to the upper right and lower right corners of the board and some ink stains to the lower edge of the paper, probably inherent to the artist's process. Otherwise, this work is in overall good conditon. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though the paper tone is slightly less pink in the original.
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