Paul Klee

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 EUR

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Description

Paul Klee
SIEBEN KYNAMORADIOLAREN UND ANDERE(Seven Dynamo-Radiolarians and others)
signé Klee (en haut à gauche), daté 10.4.26 et inscrit abend 9 Uhr (en haut à droite), daté et numéroté 1926 D.1 (en bas à gauche du carton de montage), inscrit sieben Dynamoradiolaren und andere (en bas à droite du carton de montage)
crayon sur papier
feuille : 27,4 x 22 cm ; 10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in.
carton de montage : 48,3 x 33 cm ; 19 x 13 in.

Provenance

Rolf und Catherine E. Bürgi, Berne (jusqu'en 1950)
Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery ; Valentin Gallery), Berlin / New York (à partir de 1950)
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York
Jackson (jusqu'en 1960)
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (1960-64)
Acquis en 1964 par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Verzameling Ella Winter, 1961-62, no. 6
Zürich, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Paul Klee, 1963, no. 18

Literature

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam/Berlin, 1934, no. 68.
Richard Hoppe-Sailer, Gut ist Formung. Schlecht ist Form. Zum Problem des Naturbegriffs bei Paul Klee, Habilitationsschrift Universität Basel, 1998, p. 191
Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné, 1923-1926, vol. IV, Berne, 2000, no. 4082, reproduit p. 469

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper laid down on board by the artist. There are some faint remants of glue along the upper and lower edges possibly due to the artistic process. Apart from very few pinhead-sized spots of foxing, this work is in very good original condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed 'Klee' (upper left), dated '10.4.26' and inscribed 'abend 9 Uhr' (upper right), dated and numbered '1926 D.1' (lower left on the mount), inscribed 'sieben Dynamoradiolaren und andere' (lower right on the mount), pencil on paper. Executed in 1926.