Paul Klee

Gartenbild (Picture of a Garden) | 《花園畫》

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March 25, 08:05 PM GMT

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300,000 - 400,000 GBP

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Property from a Private Japanese Collection

日本私人收藏

Paul Klee

保羅・克利

1879 - 1940

Gartenbild (Picture of a Garden)

《花園畫》

signed Klee (lower right); titled, dated 1920 and numbered 199 on the artist's mount

款識：藝術家簽名Klee（右下）；書題目、紀年1920並標記199（藝術家自選畫托）

oil, gouache and pen and ink on paper mounted on card

油彩、水粉、鋼筆墨水及紙本，裱於卡紙

image size: 10.9 by 35cm., 4¼ by 13¾in.

mount size: 16.3 by 38.2cm., 6⅜ by 15in.

圖像：10.9 x 35 公分；4 1/4 x 13 3/4 英寸

連托：16.3 x 38.2 公分；6 3/8 x 15 英寸

Painted in 1920.

1920年作

Lily Klee, Bern (inherited from the artist in 1940 and until 1946)

Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern

Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York (acquired from the above in 1947)

The Estate of Karl Nierendorf, New York

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (acquired from the above in 1948 and until 1971)

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (inv. no. 7027) (acquired from the above)

Gallery Stephen Hahn, New York (acquired from the above in 1972)

Nantenshi Gallery, Tokyo (acquired by 1977)

Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London

Private Collection, Japan

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Paul Klee. Im Zeichen der Teilung (exhibition catalogue), Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf & Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, 1995, illustrated p. 343
Paul Klee Stiftung (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné 1919-1922, Bern, 2003, vol. III, no. 2546, illustrated p. 244 (with incorrect medium)