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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Lot 190
09.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 190 | PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Klepper-Reiter
signed 'Klee' (lower left); signed again with the artist's initial, dated, numbered and inscribed '1933 P8 Klepper-Reiter für Herrn Doetsch-Benziger mit den besten Wünschen zum Weihnachtsfest K' (on the artist's mount)
black Conté crayon on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 5/8 in. (22.5 x 32.2 cm.)
artist's mount: 13 ¼ x 15 5/8 in. (33.5 x 39.8 cm.)
Executed in 1933




Provenance

Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel, a Christmas gift from the artist probably in 1935, and thence by descent; sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 20 May 1960, lot 294.
Private collection, Europe, and thence by descent to the present owners.



Literature

M. Bosshard-Rebmann, Paul Klee, Basel, 1953, no. 66, n.p. (with incorrect medium).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, vol. 6, 1931-1933, Bern, 2002, no. 6133, p. 344 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).



Exhibited

Basel, Kunstmuseum, Sammlung Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Malerei, Zeichnung und Plastik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts, June - July 1956, no.195, p. 55 (illustrated; with incorrect medium and dimensions).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Paul Klee 1933, February - May 2003, no. 88, p. 311 (illustrated p. 22; with incorrect medium and dimensions); this exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunstmuseum, June - August 2003; Frankfurt, Schirn Kunsthalle, September - November 2003; and Hamburg, Kunsthalle, December 2003 - March 2004.



Further details

Richard Doetsch-Benziger (1877-1958) was a distinguished Swiss entrepreneur and art collector, renowned for his deep admiration of Paul Klee. Klee is known to have gifted Doetsch-Benziger a work of art annually as a Christmas gift in the years 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937 & 1938. Given this pattern, it is highly likely that Klepper-Reiter was a Christmas gift from Klee in 1935, which aligns with the Christmas wishes included on the artist's mount.

Klepper-Reiter belongs to a rare series within Klee's œuvre distinguished for its expressionist style. Klee was known to be very reluctant to sell his drawings to collectors, and often refused to part with them at all. As such, it is particularly significant that the artist chose to part with this piece during his lifetime, making it a unique and notable gift.
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