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Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Paul Klee
Schling-Gewaechse (Climbing Plants)
Lot Closed
November 19, 07:07 PM GMT
Estimate
150,000 - 250,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Schling-Gewaechse (Climbing Plants)
Titled, dated 1932 and numbered L18 IV (on the mount)
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sheet: 19 3/4 by 13 3/4 in. (49.5 by 35 cm); Mount: 25 1/2 by 19 5/8 in. (64.8 by 49.8 cm)
Framed: 31 1/2 by 25 1/2 in. (80 by 64.8 cm)
Executed in 1932.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris
Lady Nika Hulton, London
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Gianfranco Ambrosini, Verbier, Switzerland
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Phyllis Hattis Fine Arts, New York (acquired by 1990)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired by 1993)
Galerie Jablonka, Cologne
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 15, 1997, lot 413
Art Vivant Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Acquired from the above in 2019
Nika Hulton, An Approach to Paul Klee, New York, 1956, no. 18, illustrated p. 57
Phillipe Comte, Paul Klee, Paris, 1989, illustrated n.p.
Paul Klee Foundation & Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, eds., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné 1931-1933, vol. VI, Bern, 2002, no. 5754, illustrated p. 181
Bern, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, 1935, no. 200
Basel, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, 1935, no. 121
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee, 1950, no. 14
London, Tate Gallery; New York, City Art Gallery & Chicago, The Arts Club, Works by Paul Klee from the Collection of Mrs. Edward Hulton, 1955-56, no. 30
Wuppertal, Kunst und Museumsverein; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen & Frankfurt Kunstverein Steinernes Haus, Sammlung Sir Edward und Lady Hulton, 1964, no. 95, illustrated in the catalogue
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zurich, Sammlung Hulton, 1967-68, no. 97, illustrated in the catalogue
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Paul Klee, 1973, no. 59, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Klee, 74 Oeuvres de 1908 à 1940, 1974, no. 48, illustrated in color in the catalogue
Munich, Galerie Günther Franke, Paul Klee, 1975, no. 35
Cologne, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee: Das Werk der Jahre 1919-1933, 1979, no. 340, illustrated in the catalogue
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paul Klee, 1980, no. 79
Saarbrücken, Saarland Museum & Karlsruche, Prinz-Max-Palais, Paul Klee. Wachstum regt sich. Klees Zwiesprache mit der Natur, 1990, no. 114