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PAUL KLEE | Physiognomisches rätsel (Physiognomic Riddle)
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Description
- Paul Klee
- Physiognomisches rätsel (Physiognomic Riddle)
- Signed Klee (lower right); dated 1921, numbered 222 and titled (on the artist's mount)
- Brush and ink on paper mounted on card
- Sheet: 6 5/8 by 3 1/4 in.; 17 by 8.2 cm
- Mount: 10 3/4 by 7 3/8 in.; 27.3 by 18.7 cm
- Executed in 1921.
Provenance
Werner Allenbach, Bern (acquired by 1956)
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired in 1956)
The Hanover Gallery Ltd., London (acquired by 1957)
The Redfern Galley, London
Acquired from the above
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired in 1956)
The Hanover Gallery Ltd., London (acquired by 1957)
The Redfern Galley, London
Acquired from the above
Literature
Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen, Potsdam & Berlin, 1934, no. 82
The Paul Klee Foundation & Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, eds., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, 1919-1922, vol. III, Bern, 1999, no. 2813, illustrated p. 357
The Paul Klee Foundation & Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, eds., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, 1919-1922, vol. III, Bern, 1999, no. 2813, illustrated p. 357