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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Lot 453
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ID 717815
Lot 453 | PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
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£ 220 000 – 320 000
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Indianisch

signed 'Klee' (upper left), dated '1937 T. 1.' (lower left, on the artist's mount) and inscribed 'indianisch' (lower right, on the artist's mount)

pastel on paper laid down on the artist’s mount

image: 18 7⁄8 x 13 1⁄8 in. (48.1 x 33.2 cm.)

artist's mount: 20 1⁄8 x 14 1⁄8 in. (51.5 x 36 cm.)

Executed in 1937







Provenance

Lily Klee, Bern, by descent from the artist, until 1946.

Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1946.

with Buchholz Gallery [Curt Valentin], Berlin & New York, in 1948.

Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York, by whom acquired in 1951.

G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, by whom acquired from the above, in 1953.

Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York, by whom acquired from the above, in 1955.

Arnold H. Maremont, Winnetka & Chicago, by whom acquired from the above, in 1955.

G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, by whom acquired from the above.

B.C. Holland Gallery, Chicago.

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above on 21 February 1969.

Jane Engelhard, Newark, by whom acquired from the above on 22 December 1969.

Galerie Beyeler, Basel, by whom acquired from the above on 6 January 1972.

Galerie Coray, Lugano, by whom acquired from the above 9 April 1986.

Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York.

Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris, by 1985.

Private collection, Switzerland, and thence by descent to the present owner.







Literature

W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, London, 1954, p. 341.

M. Brion, Klee, Paris, 1955 (illustrated pl. VII; titled 'Pastille Indienne').

C. Lanchner, Paul-Klee-Stiftung & Kunstmuseum Bern, Paul Klee, His Life and Work, New York, 1987, p. 279 (illustrated).

The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. VII, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 7117, p. 276 (illustrated)





Exhibited

New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee. An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings commemorating the 75th Anniversary of his Birth, March - April 1954, no. 40.

Chicago, The Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, The Maremont Collection, April 1961, no. 66.

Washington D.C., Washington Gallery of Modern Art, Treasures of 20th Century Art from The Maremont Collection, April - May 1964, no. 80.

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee. 'Kunst ist ein Schöpfungsgleichnis', September - November 1973, no. 67 (illustrated).

Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Klee. 74 œuvres de 1908 à 1940, March - May 1974, no. 56 (titled 'Indien').

Saint-Paul, Fondation Maeght, Paul Klee, July - September 1977, no. 133, p. 165 (illustrated p. 128; titled 'Indien').

Bern, Kunstmuseum Bern, Paul Klee. Das Spaetwerk 1937-1940, June - September 1979, no. 15.

Tokyo, Nantenshi Gallery, Paul Klee, May - June 1980 (illustrated).

Madrid, Fundación Juan March, Klee. Oleos, acuarelas, dibujos y grabados, March - May 1981, no. 71 (illustrated).

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, February - May 1987, no. 238 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, June - August 1987, and Bern, Kunstmuseum, September 1987 - January 1988.





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Artist:Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
Applied technique:Painted, Pastel
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Western Europe, Europe, Switzerland
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