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PROPERTY FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Exerzieren
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Exerzieren
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1938 D5 Exerzieren' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and black chalk on paper mounted on card
Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 13½ in. (49.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Mount size: 27 3/8 x 19 5/8 in. (69.5 x 49.7 cm.)
Executed in 1938
Exerzieren
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1938 D5 Exerzieren' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and black chalk on paper mounted on card
Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 13½ in. (49.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Mount size: 27 3/8 x 19 5/8 in. (69.5 x 49.7 cm.)
Executed in 1938
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1950).
Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel (circa 1950); sale, Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 20-21 May 1960, lot 300.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1950).
Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel (circa 1950); sale, Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 20-21 May 1960, lot 300.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
L. Zahn, Im Lande Edelstein, Baden-Baden, 1952, no. 10 (illustrated in color).
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees, Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, diss., Bonn, 1968, pp. 148, 169 and 171.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bonn, 2003, vol. 7, p. 336, no. 7226 (illustrated).
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees, Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, diss., Bonn, 1968, pp. 148, 169 and 171.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bonn, 2003, vol. 7, p. 336, no. 7226 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kunstmuseum Basel, Paul Klee, Ausstellung aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen, June-August 1950, no. 64.
Kunstmuseum Basel, Katalog der Sammlung Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Malerei, Zeichnung und Plastik, June-July 1956, p. 56, no. 199 (illustrated).
Kunsthaus Zurich, Sammlungen Hans und Walter Bechtler, August-October 1982, p. 177 (illustrated, p. 94; with incorrect medium).
Kunstmuseum Basel, Katalog der Sammlung Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Malerei, Zeichnung und Plastik, June-July 1956, p. 56, no. 199 (illustrated).
Kunsthaus Zurich, Sammlungen Hans und Walter Bechtler, August-October 1982, p. 177 (illustrated, p. 94; with incorrect medium).