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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Ein Tragiker (unter anderen)“. 1933

Distemper on thin paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 44,5 x 27,5 cm (57,4 x 40,8 cm) (17 ½ x 10 ⅞ in. (22 ⅝ x 16 ⅛ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Ein Tragiker (unter anderen)“. 1933.

Estimate:

EUR 100,000

 

- 150,000

USD 137,000

 

- 205,000

Sold for:

150,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions 222-228

Selected Works, Thursday, 29.05.2014

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Distemper on thin paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 44,5 x 27,5 cm (57,4 x 40,8 cm) (17 ½ x 10 ⅞ in. (22 ⅝ x 16 ⅛ in.)). Signed in pen and green ink lower right: Klee. Dated and titled on the cardboard at the bottom (faded and retraced by another hand): 1933 E 16 / ein Tragiker (unter anderen). Catalogue raisonné: Klee-Stiftung 6443. Framed

Otto Ralfs, Brunswick / Werner Vowinckel, Cologne/Munich (1934-1943) / Edith Vowinckel-Diel, Cologne/Munich (1943-1964) / Estate of Edith Vowinckel-Diel, Cologne (1964-1973) / Christoph Vowinckel, Cologne (1973-2000) / Ralf Merten, Mönchengladbach / Ahlers Collection

Paul Klee. Das Werk der Jahre 1919-1933. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Cologne, Kunsthalle, 1979, cat. no. 383, ill. p. 389 / Paul Klee. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Hoechst, Jahrhunderthalle, 1983, cat. no. 91, ill. / Paul Klee nelle collezione private. Venice, Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca'Pesaro and Mailand, Palazzo Reale, 1986, cat. no. 132, ill. / Bauhaus-Utopien. Arbeiten auf Papier. Budapest, National Gallery; Madrid, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia; Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein; 1988, no no., ill. p. 50 / Willi Baumeister 1889-1955. Die Frankfurter Jahre 1928-1933. Zum 50. Todestag. Frankfurt a.M., Museum Giersch, 2005, cat. no. 102, full-page colour ill. p. 188

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