PAUL KLEE | Der Verliebte (The Man in Love)

Lily Klee, Bern (the artist's widow; acquired by descent in 1940)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired in 1946)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York (acquired in 1947)
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (acquired in 1948)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired in 1972)
Sale: Kornfeld & Cie, Bern, June 12, 1975, lot 480
Sale: Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, June 26, 1981, lot 107
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 15, 1985, lot 197
Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie, Geneva (acquired in 1985 at the above sale)
Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (acquired in 1986)
Helen Serger (La Boétie, Inc.), New York (acquired circa 1989)
Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee, Kunst ist ein Schöpfungsgleichnis, 1973, no. 26, illustrated in the catalogue
Cologne, Kunsthalle Köln, Paul Klee, Das Werk der Jahre 1919-1933, Gemäalde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik, 1979, no. 110
Venice, Museo d'Arte Moderna, Ca'Pesaro & Milan, Palazzo Reale, Paul Klee nelle collezioni private, 1986, no. 66, illustrated in the catalogue
New York, Moeller Fine Art Ltd., Paul Klee: Paintings and Drawings, 1987, no. 9A
Budapest, Nationalgalerie; Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofía & Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Bauhaus Utopien—Arbeiten auf Papier, 1988, n.n., illustrated in color in the catalogue

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam & Berlin, 1934, no. 12
Paul Klee: das graphische und plastische Werk: mit Vorzeichnungen, Aquarellen und Gemälden (exhibition catalogue), Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt, Duisburg, 1974-75, illustrated p. 55
Picasso und seine Zeit, Die Sammlung Berggruen (exhibition catalogue), Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, 1996, p. 234
The Paul Klee Foundation & Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, eds., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. IV, London, 2000, no. 3263, illustrated p. 118

The chalk-primed linen is fully mounted on original artist's card mount. The top and bottom edges of the sheet are deckled and the left and right edges have been cut. There is a two inch tear running vertically in the upper right corner, likely inherent from the time of execution. There are a couple additional minor tears noticeable on close inspection toward the upper left corner. There is also a repair running horizontally across the bottom margin of the mount, faintly visible with staining along the lower right and left edges. There is also a small crease and small nick to the mount along the middle right edge, as well as a slightly larger diagonal tear running across the work's title. There are a few other minor surface stains. The work is otherwise fine and in overall good condition.
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