Lot Essay
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern has confirmed that this work is authentic and that it corresponds to no. 4152 currently listed in vol. 4 of the catalogue raisonné.
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Drei bote
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Drei bote
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1926. T.4. drei Bote' (on the artist's mount)
colored pencils on buff paper laid down on card
Sheet size: 10 x 15 ¼ in. (25.4 x 40 cm.)
Mount size: 14 x 18 7/8 in. (35.5 x 48 cm.)
Drawn in 1926
Drei bote
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1926. T.4. drei Bote' (on the artist's mount)
colored pencils on buff paper laid down on card
Sheet size: 10 x 15 ¼ in. (25.4 x 40 cm.)
Mount size: 14 x 18 7/8 in. (35.5 x 48 cm.)
Drawn in 1926
Provenance
Alexej von Jawlensky, Wiesbaden.
Helene Jawlensky, Wiesbaden (by descent from the above, 1941).
Andreas and Maria Jawlensky, Locarno (by descent from the above, 1965).
Hanover Gallery, London.
Galleria Blu, Milan (acquired from the above).
Acquired by the late owner, circa 1980.
Helene Jawlensky, Wiesbaden (by descent from the above, 1941).
Andreas and Maria Jawlensky, Locarno (by descent from the above, 1965).
Hanover Gallery, London.
Galleria Blu, Milan (acquired from the above).
Acquired by the late owner, circa 1980.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen II, 1921-1930, Bergen, 1934, p. 27, no. 113.
S.L. Henry, "Paul Klee's Pictorial Mechanics from Physics to the Picture Plane," Bruckmanns Pantheon, 1989, vol. 47, p. 165.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, 1923-1926, Bonn, 2000, vol. 4, p. 492, no. 4152.
S.L. Henry, "Paul Klee's Pictorial Mechanics from Physics to the Picture Plane," Bruckmanns Pantheon, 1989, vol. 47, p. 165.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, 1923-1926, Bonn, 2000, vol. 4, p. 492, no. 4152.