Paul Klee

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

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Description

Paul Klee
Spiralschraubenblüten I (Spiral Screw Flowers I)
Signed Klee (upper right); titled Spiralschraubenblüten I and dated 1932 V 17 (on the artist's mount)
Watercolor and ink on paper mounted by the artist on card
Sheet: 19 1/4 by 12 1/2 in. 48.9 by 31.8 cm
Mount: 23 1/4 by 15 1/8 in. 59 by 38.4 cm

Provenance

Werner Allenbach, Bern (acquired circa 1962)
Berggruen & Cie., Paris
Frederick C. Schang, New York
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Berggruen & Zevi Ltd., London
Michael & Judy Steinhardt, New York (acquired circa 1997)
Private Collection, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Düsseldorf, Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel GmbH, Paul Klee (1879-1940), 1993, no. 17

Literature

Jürg Spiller, Paul Klee. Das bildnerische Denken. Form – und Gestaltungslehre, vol. 1, Basel & Stuttgart, 1956, illustrated pp. 419 & 521
Jürg Spiller, Paul Klee. Unendliche Naturgeschichte. Prinzipielle Ordnung der bildnerischen Mittel verbundenmit Naturstudium, und konstruktive Kompositionswege. Form- und Gestaltungslehre, vol. 2, Basel & Stuttgart, 1970, illustrated p. 385
Richard Verdi, Klee and Nature, London, 1984, illustrated p. 248
Heike Fuhlbrügge, Wendepunkte und Schwellenzeichen; Das Spiralmotiv im Werk von Paul Klee und Joseph Beuys, in: exh. cat., Bedburg-Hau & Heidelberg, 2000-02, illustrated p. 73
Paul Klee Foundation, Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné: 1931-1933, vol. 6, Bern, 2003, no. 5933, illustrated p. 265

Condition

Executed on cream laid paper affixed to the artist's mount around the perimeter. Mount is t-hinged to a mat. A few light brown pindot stains at lower left corner, upper right corner, and four inches above center-bottom edge. Mount shows evidence of time staining. Work is in very good condition.
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