Paul Klee

Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on commission from the artist)

Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (acquired from the artist through the above in 1939)

Richard K. Weil, St. Louis (acquired from the above. Sold: Sotheby's, London, 5th December 1973, lot 78)

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (purchased at the above sale)

Private Collection, Canada (acquired from the above in 1983)

Sale: Sotheby’s, New York, 13th May 1986, lot 52

Private Collection, Japan (purchased at the above sale)

Private Collection (by descent from the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002

Jürg Spiller (ed.), Paul Klee, Das bildnerische Denken, Form- und Gestaltungslehre, Basel & Stuttgart, 1956, vol. I, illustrated p. 200

Jürg Spiller (ed.), Paul Klee, Notebooks, Volume 1, The Thinking Eye, London, 1961, illustrated p. 200 (titled Little seaport)

Walter Überwasser, 'Paul Klees grosses Spätwerk', in Das Werk, 1965, vol. 52, no. 12, p. 464

Max Huggler, Paul Klee, Die Malerei als Blick in den Kosmos, Stuttgart, 1969, p. 161

Hideho Nishida, Paul Klee's 'Landscapes', Thoughts on Klee's Materials and Techniques, 1999, no. 32, illustrated in colour p. 85

Paul Klee Stiftung (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, 1934-1938, Bern, 2001, vol. VII, no. 7070, illustrated p. 260 (with incorrect provenance)