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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Dein Ahn?“. 1933

Distemper on paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 48,4 × 35,3 cm (58,8 × 42,6 cm) (19 × 13 ⅞ in. (23 ⅛ × 16 ¾ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Dein Ahn?“. 1933.

Estimate:

EUR 150,000

 

- 200,000

USD 170,000

 

- 227,000

Sold for:

175,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions October 2018

Bernd Schultz Collection III, Friday, 26.10.2018

Information

Distemper on paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 48,4 × 35,3 cm (58,8 × 42,6 cm) (19 × 13 ⅞ in. (23 ⅛ × 16 ¾ in.)). Signed lower left: Klee. Dated, inscribed and titled with pen and brown India ink below the image on the cardboard mount: 1933 Y 16 dein ahn?. Catalogue raisonné: Paul-Klee-Stiftung 6322.

Hans and Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern (until 1956) / Berggruen & Cie, Paris (1956-1959) / James Wise, Geneva, New York and Nice (1959-1970) / Galerie Nierendorf, Berlin (1970) / Hermann Collection, La Paz / Private Collection, Zurich

1920 – 1970, Fünfzig Jahre Galerie Nierendorf. Rückblick, Dokumentation, Jubiläumsausstellung. Berlin, Galerie Nierendorf, 1970, cat. no. 17, Illustration p. 42 / Paul Klee 1933. Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Bern, Kunstmuseum, Frankfurt a.M., Schirn, and Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2003/04, p. 320, Illustration p. 250

Auction: Galerie Motte, Geneva, 28 June 1969, cat. no. 354, with illustration / Auction 137: Kornfeld and Klipstein, Bern, Auction 137, 18 June 1970, cat. no. 678, Illustration Plate 60 / Auction 117: Villa Grisebach Auktionen, Berlin, 11 June 2004, cat. no. 51 / Daniel Kehlmann: Der Affe der Geschichte. In: Grisebach – Das Journal, Edition 8/2018, p. 36-38, Illustration p. 37 and 39

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