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Bewegung an der Steilküste
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Bewegung an der Steilküste
signed 'Klee' (lower right on the watercolour); dated and inscribed 1929 X 5 Bewegung an der Steilküste' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 9½ x 12½ in. (24 x 32 cm.)
mount: 13 x 15½ in. (33 x 39.6 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Bewegung an der Steilküste
signed 'Klee' (lower right on the watercolour); dated and inscribed 1929 X 5 Bewegung an der Steilküste' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 9½ x 12½ in. (24 x 32 cm.)
mount: 13 x 15½ in. (33 x 39.6 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
Rudolf Probst, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides and Das Kunsthaus, Dresden and Mannheim, 1929.
Alfred Flechtheim, Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Paris and London, by 1929.
Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris, by 1929 (no. 10599).
Lily Klee, Bern, from 1940 to 1946.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by 1946.
Galerie Louise Leiris [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris, by 1949.
Carl Gemzell, Stockholm.
A gift from the above to the present owner in 2001.
Alfred Flechtheim, Galerie Flechtheim, Berlin, Dusseldorf, Paris and London, by 1929.
Galerie Simon [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris, by 1929 (no. 10599).
Lily Klee, Bern, from 1940 to 1946.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by 1946.
Galerie Louise Leiris [Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler], Paris, by 1949.
Carl Gemzell, Stockholm.
A gift from the above to the present owner in 2001.
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, no. 4991 (illustrated p. 370).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, October - November 1929, no. 143.
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Graphik aus 25 Jahren, February - March 1930, no. 136.
Saarbrucken, Staatliches Museum Saarbrücken, Paul Klee. Aquarelle aus 25 Jahren, 1905 bis 1930, March - April 1930, no. 41.
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Verbindung mit der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, June - July 1931, no. 210.
London, New Burlington Galleries, Exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art, July 1938, no. 98 (as 'In the country of precious stones').
Ostende, Palais des Thermes, Gloires de la peinture moderne. Hommage à James Ensor, 1949, no. 89.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Carl Gemzell samling, 1996, p. 38 (illustrated p. 39).
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee. Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Graphik aus 25 Jahren, February - March 1930, no. 136.
Saarbrucken, Staatliches Museum Saarbrücken, Paul Klee. Aquarelle aus 25 Jahren, 1905 bis 1930, March - April 1930, no. 41.
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Verbindung mit der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, June - July 1931, no. 210.
London, New Burlington Galleries, Exhibition of Twentieth Century German Art, July 1938, no. 98 (as 'In the country of precious stones').
Ostende, Palais des Thermes, Gloires de la peinture moderne. Hommage à James Ensor, 1949, no. 89.
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Carl Gemzell samling, 1996, p. 38 (illustrated p. 39).
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