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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MILDRED S. AND HERBERT C. LEE
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Vollbracht
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Vollbracht
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1927 F.3. Vollbracht' (on the artist's mount)
pen and India ink on paper mounted on card
Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 18¼ in. (25 x 46.2 cm.)
Mount size: 18¾ x 25 5/8 in. (47.6 x 65 cm.)
Executed in 1927
Vollbracht
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1927 F.3. Vollbracht' (on the artist's mount)
pen and India ink on paper mounted on card
Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 18¼ in. (25 x 46.2 cm.)
Mount size: 18¾ x 25 5/8 in. (47.6 x 65 cm.)
Executed in 1927
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (1940).
Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern.
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1959).
James Wise, New York (acquired from the above, 1959).
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (1966).
Galerie Michael Hertz, Bremen (1967).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 21 May 1975, lot 42.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern.
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1959).
James Wise, New York (acquired from the above, 1959).
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (1966).
Galerie Michael Hertz, Bremen (1967).
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 21 May 1975, lot 42.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam, 1934, no. 112.
M. Armitage, et al., 5 Essays on Klee, New York, 1950 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen, Cologne, 1959 (illustrated).
J.M. Jordan, "The Structure of Paul Klee's Art in the Twenties; From Cubism to Constructivism," Arts Magazine, 1977, p. 153 (illustrated).
J.M. Jordan, Paul Klee and Cubism, Princeton, 1984, pp. 174 and 176 (illustrated, p. 175, pl. 70).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bonn, 2001, vol. 5, p. 112, no. 4367 (illustrated).
M. Armitage, et al., 5 Essays on Klee, New York, 1950 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen, Cologne, 1959 (illustrated).
J.M. Jordan, "The Structure of Paul Klee's Art in the Twenties; From Cubism to Constructivism," Arts Magazine, 1977, p. 153 (illustrated).
J.M. Jordan, Paul Klee and Cubism, Princeton, 1984, pp. 174 and 176 (illustrated, p. 175, pl. 70).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bonn, 2001, vol. 5, p. 112, no. 4367 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Bern, Gedächtnisausstellung Paul Klee, November-December 1940, p. 15. no. 227.
Städtische Galerie Biel, Paul Klee, Werke aus Privatbesitz und der Klee-Stiftung, January-March 1958, no. 118.
Städtische Galerie Biel, Paul Klee, Werke aus Privatbesitz und der Klee-Stiftung, January-March 1958, no. 118.
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