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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Idyllisch-Nachbarlich (Idyllic-Neighbourly)
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Idyllisch-Nachbarlich (Idyllic-Neighbourly)
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed '1926 E.4.idyllish-nachbarlich', and dedicated 'Jahresgabe 1926/27 für Herrn Rudolf Ibach mit herzlichen Wünschen Klee' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (13.8 x 22.5 cm.)
artist mount: 9 ¼ x 12 1/8 in. (23.4 x 30.6 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Idyllisch-Nachbarlich (Idyllic-Neighbourly)
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed '1926 E.4.idyllish-nachbarlich', and dedicated 'Jahresgabe 1926/27 für Herrn Rudolf Ibach mit herzlichen Wünschen Klee' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (13.8 x 22.5 cm.)
artist mount: 9 ¼ x 12 1/8 in. (23.4 x 30.6 cm.)
Executed in 1926
Provenance
Rudolf Ibach, Barmen, a gift from the artist in 1926-1927.
Curt Valentin [Bucholz Gallery], Berlin & New York, by 1938.
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk, United States.
Berggruen & Cie, Paris, by 1971-1972.
Galleria Galatea, Turin (no. 2354), by 1972.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Curt Valentin [Bucholz Gallery], Berlin & New York, by 1938.
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk, United States.
Berggruen & Cie, Paris, by 1971-1972.
Galleria Galatea, Turin (no. 2354), by 1972.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen, 1921-1930, Potsdam, 1934, no. 73.
G. di San Lazzaro, Klee, La vie et l'œuvre, Paris, 1957 (illustrated).
F. C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F. C. Schang, New York, 1959.
The Paul Klee Foundation, (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, no. 4095, p. 473 (illustrated).
G. di San Lazzaro, Klee, La vie et l'œuvre, Paris, 1957 (illustrated).
F. C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F. C. Schang, New York, 1959.
The Paul Klee Foundation, (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, no. 4095, p. 473 (illustrated).
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