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Physiognomisch nach M.B (Physiognomic after M.B)
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Physiognomisch nach M.B (Physiognomic after M.B)
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated '25 3 12' (upper left); dated and inscribed '1925.O.2 Physiognomisch nach M. B.' (on the artist's mount)
pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Sheet: 10 x 5 1/8 in. (25.3 x 12.9 cm.)
Artist's mount: 13¾ x 10 7/8 in. (35 x 27.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1925
Physiognomisch nach M.B (Physiognomic after M.B)
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated '25 3 12' (upper left); dated and inscribed '1925.O.2 Physiognomisch nach M. B.' (on the artist's mount)
pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Sheet: 10 x 5 1/8 in. (25.3 x 12.9 cm.)
Artist's mount: 13¾ x 10 7/8 in. (35 x 27.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1925
Provenance
Hermann & Margrit Rupf, Bern, until 1953.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, from 1953 to 1954.
Ruth Vollmer, New York, from 1954, and thence to her estate; sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1993, lot 179.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, from 1953 to 1954.
Ruth Vollmer, New York, from 1954, and thence to her estate; sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1993, lot 179.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam/Berlin, 1934, no. 19.
The Paul Klee Foundation, Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. 4, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, no. 3733, p. 303 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. 4, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, no. 3733, p. 303 (illustrated).
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