Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Property from an Important Private Collection
Paul Klee
Gebirgsbewegung (3= und 4= takt) (Mountain Movement (In Three and Four Time))
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private Collection
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Gebirgsbewegung (3= und 4= takt) (Mountain Movement (In Three and Four Time))
signed Klee (upper left); titled, dated 1928.7.8 and numbered J.8 on the mount
watercolour and pen and ink on paper mounted on the artist's mount
sheet size: 32.7 by 47.5cm., 12⅞ by 18¾in.;
mount size: 41 by 54cm., 16⅛ by 21¼in.
Framed: 59.5 by 71.5cm., 23⅜ by 28⅛in.
Executed in 1928.
Lily Klee, Bern (by descent from the artist in 1940 and until 1944)
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in 1977)
J. Bruce Jacobs, Santa Monica (acquired by circa 1987)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Michael & Judy Steinhardt, New York (acquired from the above in 1988. Sold: Christie's, New York, 9th November 2000, lot 430)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Paul Kantor Gallery, Beverly Hills (acquired from the above in 1977)
J. Bruce Jacobs, Santa Monica (acquired by circa 1987)
Acquavella Galleries, New York
Michael & Judy Steinhardt, New York (acquired from the above in 1988. Sold: Christie's, New York, 9th November 2000, lot 430)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, vol. V, no. 4730, illustrated p. 258 (with incorrect provenance)