ID 792625
Lot 459 | PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Valeur estimée
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Luftkampf (Höhenkampf)
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated and numbered '1917.126.' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour and pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 7 1⁄4 x 3 1⁄2 in. (18.6 x 9 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 5⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in. (32.1 x 24.2 cm.)
Executed in 1917
Provenance
Hans Goltz [Galerie Neue Kunst], Munich, on consignment from the artist in 1921; returned to the artist.
Hermann & Ilse Bode, Hanover, by whom acquired directly from the artist, before 1930, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 29 March 1988, lot 336.
Galerie Gianna Sistu, Paris, by 1988, until at least 1991.
Galleria Tega, Milan.
Acquired from the above, and thence by descent.
Literature
P. Daix, Paul Klee: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle von 1915 bis zu seinem Tod, exh. cat., Cannes, 1990 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1913-1918, Bern, 2000, no. 1810, p. 422 (illustrated).
S. Dimroth, Die Kunst ist das Einzige, was bleibt, Munich, 2020, pp. 81-82 (illustrated p. 83).
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Paul Klee. Der Ararat. Zweites Sonderheft, 60. Ausst., May - June 1920, no. 144, p. 22.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Paul Klee, May - June 1952, no. 83, n.p. (titled 'Ohne Titel').
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Hannoverschem Privatbesitz, May - June 1954, no. 79, n.p. (titled 'Gespenster').
Hanover, Kunstverein, Die Pelikan-Kunstsammlung, April - June 1963, no. 63, p. 56 (illustrated p. 101; titled 'Gespenster').
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Die Pelikan-Kunstsammlung, January - February 1965, no. 67, p. 41 (illustrated p. 75; titled 'Gespenster').
Cannes, Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paul Klee, Oeuvres sur papier, May - July 1990, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Gespenster').
Milan, Sei del Carmine, Galleria d'arte moderna, Paul Klee, February - March 1990, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Gespenster').
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Paul Klee, October 2000 - January 2001, pp. 65 & 166 (illustrated p. 64).
| Artiste: | Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) |
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| Matériel: | Papier |
| Style artistique: | Art moderne |
| Genre: | Art nu |
| Artiste: | Paul Klee (1879 - 1940) |
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| Matériel: | Papier |
| Style artistique: | Art moderne |
| Genre: | Art nu |
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