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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Nach oben“. 1939

Tempera and pencil on blue primed paper, mounted on smooth paper by the artist. 26,8 × 21,5 cm (35,1 × 48,2 cm) (10 ½ × 8 ½ in. (13 ⅞ × 19 in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Nach oben“. 1939.

Estimate:

EUR 80,000

 

- 120,000

USD 94,200

 

- 141,000

Sold for:

131,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Autumn Auctions 2017

Selected Works, Thursday, 30.11.2017

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Tempera and pencil on blue primed paper, mounted on smooth paper by the artist. 26,8 × 21,5 cm (35,1 × 48,2 cm) (10 ½ × 8 ½ in. (13 ⅞ × 19 in.)). Signed upper left in pen in black: Klee. Dated, inscribed and titled on the cardboard in pen: 1939 XX 8 Nach oben. Titled on the cardboard in pencil lower left: Nach oben. On the cardboard backing two labels of the Galerie Beyeler, Basel. Catalogue raisonné: Catalogue raisonné: Paul-Klee-Stiftung 8614. Framed

Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946) / Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950) / Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Bern (1950-1952) / Felix Klee, Bern (1953-1990) / Estate Felix Klee, Bern (1990-1992) / Private collection, Switzerland / Galerie Beyeler, Basel (2000)

Paul Klee. Das Spätwerk 1937-1940. Bern, Kunstmuseum, 1979, cat. no. 104 / Paul Klee in Exile 1933-1940. Himej, City Museum of Art; Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art; Kamakura, Museum of Modern Art; Shiga, Museum of Modern Art; Niigata, City Art Museum, 1985/86, cat. no. 32, colour illustration / Paul Klee. Süpätwerk. Arbeiten auf Papier. Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein and Emden, Kunsthalle, 1990/91, cat. no. 310, colour illustration / Paul Klee. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 2008, cat. no. 56

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