Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso
Property from a Private Italian Collection
Paul Klee
Insectenfressende (Insectivores)
Lot Closed
March 26, 01:52 PM GMT
Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Italian Collection
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Insectenfressende (Insectivores)
signed Klee (lower left); titled twice, dated 1926 and numbered S.3. on the artist's mount
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image size: 24.8 by 30.6cm., 9¾ by 12in.
Mount size: 39 by 48.8cm., 15⅜ by 19¼in.
Framed: 60.4 by 70.5cm., 23¾ by 27¾in.
Executed in 1926.
Hans und Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern
Ted and Meret Schaap-Meyer, Vallamand-Dessous
M. Knoedler, Zürich
Private Collection, Milan (acquired by 1981)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Ted and Meret Schaap-Meyer, Vallamand-Dessous
M. Knoedler, Zürich
Private Collection, Milan (acquired by 1981)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Potsdam/Berlin, 1934, no. 39
Josef Helfenstein & Christian Rümelin, Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonnée, 1923-1926, Bonn, 2000, Vol. IV, no. 4039, illustrated p. 454
Josef Helfenstein & Christian Rümelin, Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonnée, 1923-1926, Bonn, 2000, Vol. IV, no. 4039, illustrated p. 454