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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Starr-beflügelt“. 1931

Watercolour on tempera priming on paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist and there, above and below the sheet, decorated with a border in watercolour and pen. 35,1 x 21 cm (48,1 x 34,2 cm) (13 ⅞ x 8 ¼ in. (18 ⅞ x 13 ½ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Starr-beflügelt“. 1931.

Estimate:

EUR 120,000

 

- 150,000

USD 164,000

 

- 205,000

Sold for:

150,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

Selected Works, Thursday, 29.05.2014

Information

Watercolour on tempera priming on paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist and there, above and below the sheet, decorated with a border in watercolour and pen. 35,1 x 21 cm (48,1 x 34,2 cm) (13 ⅞ x 8 ¼ in. (18 ⅞ x 13 ½ in.)). Signed in pen lower left: Klee. Dated and titled on the cardboard: 1931 N.4 Starr-beflügelt. On the cardboard backing a label of Saidenberg Gallery and New Gallery, both New York, as well as of Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Catalogue raisonné: Paul-Klee-Stiftung 5489. The sheet in places with light scuff marks to the edges, the cardboard with foxing. Framed

The sheet in places with light scuff marks to the edges, the cardboard with foxing

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris / Galka E. Scheyer, Brunswick/New York/San Francisco/Hollywood (1937/38) / Karl Nierendorf, Cologne/Berlin/New York (from 1938) / Eugene Victor Thaw & Co., New York / Julia Feininger, New York / Saidenberg Gallery, New York (until 1968) / Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1968-69) / Private collection, Switzerland

Paintings by Paul Klee. Hollywood, Hollywood Gallery of Modern Art; Oakland, Art Gallery; San Francisco, 1935 / Paul Klee. San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1937 / Recent pictures by Paul Klee. Hollywood, Putzel Gallery, 1937, cat. no. 28 / Paul Klee. Exhibition of paintings and drawings. New York, Saidenberg Gallery, 1963, cat. no. 28

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