ID 1064396
Lot 15 | PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Estimate value
$ 2 000 000 – 3 000 000
Exotischer Garten
signed, dated and numbered 'Klee 1926 B7' (lower right)
oil on canvas
20 5⁄8 x 16 3⁄8 in. (52.4 x 41.6 cm.)
Painted in 1926
Provenance
Rudolf Probst (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides; Das Kunsthaus), Dresden and Mannheim (by 1928).
Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf and Berlin (by 1928).
Erich Raemisch, Krefeld (by 1929).
The Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (acquired from the above, 1938).
Ludmilla and Hans Arnhold, New York (acquired from the above, by 1956, then by descent).
Private Foundation, Europe (gift from the above).
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Paris, 1929 (illustrated).
M. Miller, ed., Paul Klee: Statements by the Artist, New York, 1946 (illustrated).
D. Cooper, Paul Klee, Harmondsworth, 1949 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, vol. IV, pp. 431 and 464, no. 4068 (illustrated, p. 464; illustrated again in color, p. 431).
U. Fleckner, T.W. Gaehtgens and C. Huemer, Markt und Macht: Der Kunsthandel im "Dritten Reich," Hamburg, 2017, pp. 200, 210 and 212.
Exhibited
Dresden, Städtischer Ausstellungspalast, Internationale Kunstausstellung, June-September 1926, p. 83, no. 530.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, March 1928, p. 11, no. 6.
New York, The Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Paul Klee, March-April 1938, no. 24.
New York, The Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Paul Klee, November 1938, no. 18.
Cambridge, Germanic Museum, Harvard University, Paul Klee, February-March 1940.
San Francisco, Palace of Fine Arts, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1940, no. 666.
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art; The Arts Club of Chicago; The Portland Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Art; Los Angeles, The Stendahl Galleries; St. Louis City Art Museum and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee: Memorial Exhibition, January-July 1941, p. 10, no. 34 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Paul Klee: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, March-April 1944, p. 6, no. 18.
New York, Kleemann Galleries, Paul Klee, March 1955, no. 7 (illustrated; titled Zauberwald and with incorrect dimensions).
Kunstmuseum Bern, Paul Klee: Ausstellung in Verbindung mit der Paul-Klee-Stiftung, August-November 1956, p. 88, no. 546.
Museum Saarbrücken and Karlsruhe, Prinz-Max-Palais, Paul Klee: Wachstum regt sich, Klees Zweisprache mit der Natur, March-August 1990, pp. 157 and 258, no. 89 (illustrated in color, p. 157).
Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie, Das Universum Klee, October 2008-February 2009, p. 211, no. 117 (illustrated in color).
Artist: | Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Germany, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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