Gelb unterliegt
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Gelb unterliegt
signed 'Klee' (upper left, on the image); dated and numbered '1935 P3' (lower left, on the artist's mount); inscribed 'Gelb unterliegt' (lower right, on the artist's mount)
gouache on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 8¼ x 12 7/8 in. (20.9 x 32.8 cm.) mount: 13¾ x 19. 5/8 in. (35 x 49.9 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Gelb unterliegt
signed 'Klee' (upper left, on the image); dated and numbered '1935 P3' (lower left, on the artist's mount); inscribed 'Gelb unterliegt' (lower right, on the artist's mount)
gouache on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 8¼ x 12 7/8 in. (20.9 x 32.8 cm.) mount: 13¾ x 19. 5/8 in. (35 x 49.9 cm.)
Executed in 1935
Provenance
Lily Klee, Berne, by descent from the artist in 1940 until 1946.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Berne, by 1946.
Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris (no. 0992).
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Berne, 15-17 June 1988, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Berne, by 1946.
Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris (no. 0992).
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Berne, 15-17 June 1988, lot 80.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. 7, 1934-1938, Berne, 2003, no. 6865 (illustrated p. 185).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Beaudin, Gris, Kremadec, Klee, Lascaux, Léger, Manolo, Masson, Picasso, Roger, Roux, November - December 1947, no. 42.
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Paul Klee, March 1949, no. 30.
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee Exhibition, June 1950, no. 22.
Balingen, Stadthalle, Paul Klee. Jahre der Meisterschaft 1917-1933, July - September 2001, no. 77 (illustrated).
Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Paul Klee, March 1949, no. 30.
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee Exhibition, June 1950, no. 22.
Balingen, Stadthalle, Paul Klee. Jahre der Meisterschaft 1917-1933, July - September 2001, no. 77 (illustrated).
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