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Schwestern vom Stame der Gorgo
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Schwestern vom Stame der Gorgo
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1930 V. 8 Schwestern vom Stame der Gorgo' (on the artist's mount)
pen and black ink on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 11¾ x 20¼ in. (29.9 x 51.4 cm.)
Mount size: 16¾ x 23½ in. (42.5 x 59.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1930
Schwestern vom Stame der Gorgo
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1930 V. 8 Schwestern vom Stame der Gorgo' (on the artist's mount)
pen and black ink on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 11¾ x 20¼ in. (29.9 x 51.4 cm.)
Mount size: 16¾ x 23½ in. (42.5 x 59.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1930
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (1950).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 1996, lot 292.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (1950).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 1996, lot 292.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, no. 50.
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, Wiesbaden, 1951, no. 31 (illustrated).
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees. Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Bonn, 1968, p. 33.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2001, vol. 5 (1927-1930), p. 475, no. 5234 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, Wiesbaden, 1951, no. 31 (illustrated).
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees. Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Bonn, 1968, p. 33.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2001, vol. 5 (1927-1930), p. 475, no. 5234 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), February-May 1950, no. 56 (illustrated).