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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Ein Nest, sein Wappen, seine Zukunft“. 1938

Pen in brown on letterhead paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 30 x 20,9 cm (40,6 x 27,1 cm) (11 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. (16 x 10 ⅝ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Ein Nest, sein Wappen, seine Zukunft“. 1938.

Estimate:

EUR 20,000

 

- 30,000

USD 26,700

 

- 40,000

Sold for:

24,400 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 193-198

Classical Modern Art, Friday, 01.06.2012

Information

Pen in brown on letterhead paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 30 x 20,9 cm (40,6 x 27,1 cm) (11 ¾ x 8 ¼ in. (16 x 10 ⅝ in.)). Signed upper right in the image: Klee. Dated, inscribed and titled on the cardboard: 1938 C 2 ein Nest, sein Wappen, seine Zukunft. Catalogue raisonné: Paul-Klee-Foundation 7685. Imperfections in the margin. The cardboard is laid down on a further piece of cardboard, covered with Japan paper. Framed

Imperfections in the margin. The cardboard is laid down on a further piece of cardboard, covered with Japan paper

Lily Klee, Bern (1940-46) / Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-51) / Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery), New York / Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt a.M./Hofheim (approx. 1958)

Paul Klee. Munich, Haus der Kunst, 1954, cat. no. 176 / Paul Klee. Sixty-Six unknown Drawings. New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, 1955, cat. no. 64

Will Grohmann: Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1959, ill. p. 38

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