Lot 313
  • 313

PAUL KLEE | Dich Betrachtend (Looking At You)

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Klee
  • Dich Betrachtend (Looking At You)
  • signed Klee (towards lower left); dated 1931, titled and inscribed h16 (on the artist's mount)
  • pen and ink on paper mounted on paper
  • sheet: 25.5 by 21cm., 10 by 8 1/4 in.
  • mount: 44.5 by 32.2cm., 17 1/2 by 12 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1931.

Provenance

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris (1937-40)
Lily Klee, Bern (the artist's wife; from 1940)
James Goodman Gallery, New York (until 1968)
Serge Sabarsky, Inc., New York (acquired by 1972)
Krasner Gallery, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, 15th November 1989, lot 44
Private Collection, Canada

Exhibited

Zurich, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zurich, Gedächtnisaustellung Paul Klee 1879-1940, 1940, no. 99
Frankfurt, Galerie Buchheim-Militon, Paul Klee. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, 1950-1951, no. 34, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Paul Klee Exhibition, 1972, n.n.

Literature

Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné 1931-1933, Bern, 2002, vol. 6, no. 5681, illustrated p. 156

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the artist's mount intermittently along all four edges. The left edge is unevenly cut having been removed from an artist's sketchbook. The sheet is gently undulating. There are faint spots of foxing throughout and the pigments have very slightly faded over time. There are remnants of old framer's tape attached to the verso of the artist's mount. This work is in overall good condition.
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