Lot 107
  • 107

Paul Klee

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Paul Klee
  • Stachel der Clown (Kornfeld 108)
  • etching
  • plate: 295 by 240mm 11 5/8 by 9 1/2 in
  • sheet: 498 by 400mm 19 5/8 by 15 3/4 in
Etching, 1931, signed in pencil, dated, titled, inscribed with the work number 'W 10' and numbered 9/20, on simili Japon, framed

Provenance

Ex coll. Rich. Doetsch-Benziger, Basel (not in Lugt)

Condition

With wide margins, in good condition apart from very pale mount-staining, occasional soft handling creases, and an infrequent tiny fox mark in the margins, a diagonal crease across the upper right sheet corner, and two bands of adhesive staining (each approx. 40mm) at upper sheet edge at left and right, framed.
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