Modern Day Auction
Modern Day Auction
Property Sold to Benefit the O'Donnell Foundation
Paul Klee
Côte de Provence 2
Auction Closed
May 18, 09:51 PM GMT
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property Sold to Benefit the O'Donnell Foundation
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Côte de Provence 2
signed Klee (upper left); titled, dated 1927, numbered W10 and inscribed S CI (on the mount)
watercolor on paper mounted on card
sheet: 9⅜ by 12 in. (23.8 by 30.5 cm.)
mount: 11⅛ by 13⅛ in. (28.4 by 33.3 cm.)
Executed in 1927.
Lily Klee, Bern (acquired by 1946)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired by 1950)
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk and New York
Marin Collection
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired from the above in 1961)
A. Grosser (acquired by 1967)
Sotheby's London, 23 April 1968, lot 16
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (until 1976)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1982, lot 36 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection
Janie C. Lee, New York (acquired by 1984)
Private Collection, United States
Sotheby's New York, 15 May 1985, lot 188 (consigned by the above)
Susan Brody Associates Inc., New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired by 1950)
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk and New York
Marin Collection
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired from the above in 1961)
A. Grosser (acquired by 1967)
Sotheby's London, 23 April 1968, lot 16
Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva (until 1976)
Private Collection, Switzerland
Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1982, lot 36 (consigned by the above)
Private Collection
Janie C. Lee, New York (acquired by 1984)
Private Collection, United States
Sotheby's New York, 15 May 1985, lot 188 (consigned by the above)
Susan Brody Associates Inc., New York (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Sadao Wada, Paul Klee and his Travels, Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo, 1979, p. 124, fig. 376, illustrated
Wolfgang Kersen and Osamu Okuda, Paul Klee: Im Zeichen der Teilung siehe: Ausst.kat, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart, 1995, p. 185 and p. 354, illustrated
Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, Bonn, 2002, no. 4444, p. 138, illustrated
Wolfgang Kersen and Osamu Okuda, Paul Klee: Im Zeichen der Teilung siehe: Ausst.kat, Dusseldorf and Stuttgart, 1995, p. 185 and p. 354, illustrated
Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, Bonn, 2002, no. 4444, p. 138, illustrated