LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on paper

Measurements:

6.69 in. (17.00 cm.) (height) by 10.83 in. (27.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Klee' (lower left)

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Simon, Paul Klee, oevres récentes, January - February 1938, no. 38. New York, Nierendorf Galleries, Paul Klee, A Choice Collection of the Master’s Work, October – November 1938, no. 58. Geneva, Galerie du Perron, Paul Klee, July – August 1965, no. 26. London, Brook Street Gallery, Klee, June – September 1966, no 31.

Literature:

The artist's handlist, no. 11. The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VII, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 6947, p. 219 (illustrated).

Provenance:

with Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris, 1938. with Nierendorf Galleries, New York (no. 843), from 1938. J. B. Neumann, New York. Eric Ponder, New York. Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1962. James Wise, Geneva & New York & Nice, by whom acquired from the above in 1962. Anonymous sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 1 November 1963, lot 119. Anonymous sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 5 December 1964, lot 74. Brook Street Gallery, London. Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1966. Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003.