Paul Klee

Kind mit Springseil (Child with Skipping Rope)

Auction Closed

May 17, 10:38 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Barbara D. Watson Revocable Trust

Paul Klee

1879 - 1940

Kind mit Springseil (Child with Skipping Rope)

signed Klee (upper left); dated 1925 and inscribed M Nall (lower left); titled (lower right)

gouache and chalk on paper mounted on card

sheet: 8¼ by 8⅝ in. (21 by 22 cm.)

mount: 11 by 13¾ in. (28 by 35 cm.)

Executed in 1925.

Rudolf Probst (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides), Dresden (until 1933)
Lily Klee, Bern
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above in 1946)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne (acquired from the above in 1947)
Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery), New York (acquired from the above in 1950)
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Kunsthalle Bern, Der grosse Bär: Paul Klee, Paul Eichenberger, Dora Lauterburg, G. Lüscher, Robert Schmitz, 1925, no. 92
Prague, Rudolfinum, II. Paul Klee, München, 60 Aquarelle, 1926, no. 23
Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Paul Klee, 1926, no. 66
Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Paul Klee zum 50, Geburtstage, Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1920-1929, 1930, no. 40
Saarbrücken, Staatliches Museum, Paul Klee, Aquarelle aus 25 Jahren, 1905 bis 1930, 1930, no. 140
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Paul Klee. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik 1903-1930, 1931
New York, Buchholz Gallery, Klee - 60 Unknown Drawings, 1951, no. 30

Paul Klee Foundation, Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné 1923-1926, vol. VI, Bern 2002, no. 3711, p. 295, illustrated