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PAUL KLEE | Fürst (The Prince)
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description
- Paul Klee
- Fürst (The Prince)
- Signed Klee (lower right); titled, dated 1930 and numbered H7 (on the mount)
- Watercolor on paper mounted on card
- Sheet: 18 3/4 by 12 3/8 in.; 47.6 by 31.4 cm
- Mount: 22 1/2 by 16 1/2 in.; 57.4 by 41.9 cm
- Executed in 1930.
Provenance
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris (acquired by 1938)
Karl Nierendorf, Berlin & New York (acquired in 1938)
Acquired from the above by 1950
Karl Nierendorf, Berlin & New York (acquired in 1938)
Acquired from the above by 1950
Exhibited
New York, Nierendorf Galleries, A Choice Collection of the Master’s Work, 1938, no. 53
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, 1939, no. 40
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Paintings by Paul Klee and Mobiles by Alexander Calder, 1942
New York, Nierendorf Galleries, Works by Klee, 1945, no. 48
Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Carpenter Art Center, 1955, n.n.
New York, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, A Chosen Few, 1958, n.n.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, 1969, n.n.
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, 1939, no. 40
Cincinnati, Cincinnati Museum of Art, Paintings by Paul Klee and Mobiles by Alexander Calder, 1942
New York, Nierendorf Galleries, Works by Klee, 1945, no. 48
Hanover, New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Carpenter Art Center, 1955, n.n.
New York, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, A Chosen Few, 1958, n.n.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Twentieth-Century Art from the Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Collection, 1969, n.n.
Literature
Dorothy Canning Miller, ed., The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, Masterpieces of Modern Art, New York, 1981, illustrated in color p. 117
Paul Klee Stiftung, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, Bern, 2001, no. 5366, illustrated p. 520 (with incorrect dimensions)
Paul Klee Stiftung, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, Bern, 2001, no. 5366, illustrated p. 520 (with incorrect dimensions)
Condition
The work is executed on cream wove paper mounted on card. There is an 8 inch faint stain, in the lower left quadrant, likely inherent to the artist's process. There is scattered staining along all four edges of the mount, inherent to the mounting process and typical of the artist. Three of the four edges of the sheet are deckled. The sheet is slightly light struck overall.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.