ID 949963
Lot 683 | PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
Ansteigender Stadt-Teil
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and titled '1930 .g.3. ansteigender Stadt-Teil' (on the artist's mount)
oil and watercolor on canvas laid down on card
Image size: 6 x 10 1/8 in. (15.1 x 25.5 cm.)
Mount size: 12 7/8 x 19 1/4 in. (32.7 x 48.8 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Provenance
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Dessau and Berlin (on consignment from the artist, 1931 and until 1933).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist, 1933 and until 1935).
The Mayor Gallery, London (on consignment from the artist, June 1935).
A.M. Mclver, Leeds (acquired from the above, July 1935).
Robert Mclver, London (by descent from the above).
The Mayor Gallery, London (October 1994).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1995).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, August 1997.
Literature
W. Kersten and O. Okuda, Paul Klee: Im Zeichen der Teilung, exh. cat., Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1995, p. 360 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, 1927-1930, Bonn, 2001, vol. 5, p. 515, no. 5352 (illustrated).
F. Eggelhöfer, "Haus im Wasser," A Collector's Eye on Paul Klee, exh. cat., Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2008, p. 68 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee: Neue Bilder und Aquarelle, November-December 1931, no. 32.
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee, June 1935, no. 4.
| Artist: | Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) |
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| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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