Lot 57
  • 57

Paul Klee

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description

  • Paul Klee
  • BLUMENSTÖCKE I (KORNFELD 78)
  • Image: 185 by 134mm; 7 1/4 by 5¼in
  • Sheet: 247 by 183mm; 9 3/4 by 7¼in
A very rare lithograph, with extensive hand-colouring in yellow, pink and orange water-colour, an unrecorded impression (Kornfeld only records three other impressions of this print, two of which are hand-coloured), 1920, on wove paper, with wide margins, uneven paper discoloration, a water-stain in lower left margin, four bands of pale discoloration in upper margin extending into image, severe backboard-staining

Condition

In condition as catalogued. The sheet is discolored. This might have affected the hand-coloring. However, there are no examples to compare with this rarity. The bands of discoloration in upper margin with the longest measuring 6cm, the mentioned water-stain is circa 3cm wide.
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