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PROPERTY FROM THE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF A EUROPEAN GENTLEMAN
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Fragmenta Veneris
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Fragmenta Veneris
signed 'Klee' (centre left); inscribed 'fragmenta Veneris' (on the reverse) and signed, dated and inscribed '1938 X 1 fragmenta Veneris Klee' (on the stretcher)
watercolour, tempera and plaster on jute; in the artist's original frame
11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm.) without the frame
12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (30.8 x 23.2 cm.) with the artist's frame
Painted in 1938
Fragmenta Veneris
signed 'Klee' (centre left); inscribed 'fragmenta Veneris' (on the reverse) and signed, dated and inscribed '1938 X 1 fragmenta Veneris Klee' (on the stretcher)
watercolour, tempera and plaster on jute; in the artist's original frame
11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in. (30 x 21 cm.) without the frame
12 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (30.8 x 23.2 cm.) with the artist's frame
Painted in 1938
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern, by descent from the artist in 1940.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by 1946.
Werner Moser, Zurich, by 1948, and thence by descent in 1970.
Private collection, Zurich, by 1986.
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by 1946.
Werner Moser, Zurich, by 1948, and thence by descent in 1970.
Private collection, Zurich, by 1986.
By descent from the above to the present owners.
Literature
J. Spiller, Paul Klee. Das bildnerische Denken. Form und Gestaltungslehre, vol. I, Basel, 1956, p. 529 (illustrated p. 452).
M. Huggler, "Paul Klee", in Künstler Lexikon der Schweiz XX. Jahrhundert, vol. I, Frauenfeld, 1958-1961, p. 529.
J. Smith-Pierce, "Pictographs, Ideograms and Alphabets in the Work of Paul Klee", in Journal of Typographic Research, vol. I, no. 3, July 1967, p. 229.
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees. Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrunderts, Dissertation, Bonn, 1968, pp. 37 & 223.
J. Smith-Pierce, Paul Klee and Primitive Art, Dissertation, New York and London, 1976, p. 146.
S. Wada, Paul Klee and his Travels, Tokyo, 1979, p. 133 (illustrated fig. 437).
K. E. Kramer, Mythopoetic politics and the transformation of the classical underworld myth in the late work of Paul Klee, Dissertation, Columbia University, 1993, p. 99 (illustrated fig. 62).
P. L. Kort, The ugly face of beauty. Paul Klee's images of Aphrodite, Dissertation, UCLA, 1994, pp. 153-164 (illustrated p. 336).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, catalogue raisonné, vol. VII, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 7583, p. 481 (illustrated).
J.-F. Lyotard, Discourse, Figure, Minneapolis and London, 2011, p. 451 (illustrated pl. 16b).
M. Huggler, "Paul Klee", in Künstler Lexikon der Schweiz XX. Jahrhundert, vol. I, Frauenfeld, 1958-1961, p. 529.
J. Smith-Pierce, "Pictographs, Ideograms and Alphabets in the Work of Paul Klee", in Journal of Typographic Research, vol. I, no. 3, July 1967, p. 229.
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees. Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrunderts, Dissertation, Bonn, 1968, pp. 37 & 223.
J. Smith-Pierce, Paul Klee and Primitive Art, Dissertation, New York and London, 1976, p. 146.
S. Wada, Paul Klee and his Travels, Tokyo, 1979, p. 133 (illustrated fig. 437).
K. E. Kramer, Mythopoetic politics and the transformation of the classical underworld myth in the late work of Paul Klee, Dissertation, Columbia University, 1993, p. 99 (illustrated fig. 62).
P. L. Kort, The ugly face of beauty. Paul Klee's images of Aphrodite, Dissertation, UCLA, 1994, pp. 153-164 (illustrated p. 336).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, catalogue raisonné, vol. VII, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 7583, p. 481 (illustrated).
J.-F. Lyotard, Discourse, Figure, Minneapolis and London, 2011, p. 451 (illustrated pl. 16b).
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Paul Klee. Neue Werke, February - March 1940, no. 158, p. 10.
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee. Ausstellung in Verbindung mit der Paul Klee-Stiftung, August- November 1956, no. 711.
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee. Ausstellung in Verbindung mit der Paul Klee-Stiftung, August- November 1956, no. 711.
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