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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Schwarze Messe
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Schwarze Messe
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, titled and inscribed '1936 13 Schwarze Messe' (on the artist's mount)
pastel on joined linen mounted on card
Image size: 10 ¾ x 21 in. (27.2 x 53.2 cm.)
Mount size: 15 1⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (31.4 x 63.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1936
Schwarze Messe
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, titled and inscribed '1936 13 Schwarze Messe' (on the artist's mount)
pastel on joined linen mounted on card
Image size: 10 ¾ x 21 in. (27.2 x 53.2 cm.)
Mount size: 15 1⁄8 x 25 1⁄8 in. (31.4 x 63.7 cm.)
Drawn in 1936
Provenance
Private collection, Bern.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1953).
Ludmilla and Hans Arnhold, New York (acquired from the above, September 1954, then by descent).
Private Foundation, Europe (gift from the above).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1953).
Ludmilla and Hans Arnhold, New York (acquired from the above, September 1954, then by descent).
Private Foundation, Europe (gift from the above).
Literature
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees, Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanstigsten jahrhunderts, Bonn, 1968, p. 76.
C. Geelhaar, "Paul Klee 'Früchte auf Rot” in Pantheon, 1972, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 227.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, vol. VII, p. 211, no. 6924 (illustrated).
C. Geelhaar, "Paul Klee 'Früchte auf Rot” in Pantheon, 1972, vol. 30, no. 3, p. 227.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, vol. VII, p. 211, no. 6924 (illustrated).
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