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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Zwei Seelen aufwärts“. 1927

Pen and black ink and watercolour, partially sprayed, on Ingres laid paper, at the top and at the bottom marginal stripes with brush in black, mounted on cardboard by the artist. 32,5 × 22,5 cm (36,2 × 26 cm) (12 ¾ × 8 ⅞ in. (14 ¼ × 10 ¼ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Zwei Seelen aufwärts“. 1927.

Estimate:

EUR 90,000

 

- 120,000

USD 101,100

 

- 135,000

Sold for:

106,250 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

ORANGERIE bauhaus forever!, Thursday, 30.05.2019

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Pen and black ink and watercolour, partially sprayed, on Ingres laid paper, at the top and at the bottom marginal stripes with brush in black, mounted on cardboard by the artist. 32,5 × 22,5 cm (36,2 × 26 cm) (12 ¾ × 8 ⅞ in. (14 ¼ × 10 ¼ in.)). Signed in pen in black, upper left: Klee. Below the image on the cardboard, dated on the left and inscribed and titled on the right in pen in black: 1927 Omega 4 zwei Seelen aufwärts. Catalogue raisonné: Paul-Klee-Stiftung 4508. Pale time staining. Framed

For Paul Klee, see also lot 32: „Dryaden“, 1939, from our auction “Selected Works“ on 30 May 2019..

Pale time staining

Otto Ralfs, Braunschweig (1930) / Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basle (at the latest 1953) / Galerie R. N. Ketterer, Campione d‘Italia (1966) / Private Collection, northern Germany

Zeichnungen von Paul Klee aus der Sammlung Otto Ralfs, Braunschweig. Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Kronprinzenpalais, 1930, no. 49 / Kandinsky, Klee, Rudolph. Kiel, Kunsthalle, 1930 (no catalogue) / Paul Klee. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik 1903–1930. Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1931 / Moderne deutsche Malerei aus Privatbesitz. Basel, Kunsthalle, 1933, cat. no. 94 / Paul Klee. Tafelbilder und Aquarelle aus Privatbesitz. Basel, Galerie d‘Art Moderne, Marie-Suzanne Feigel, 1949, no. 53 / Katalog der Sammlung Richard Doetsch-Benziger. Malerei, Zeichnung und Plastik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts. Basel, Kunstmuseum, 1956, cat. no. 183, with ill.

Margit Bosshard-Rebmann: Paul Klee [Sammlung Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel]. Basel, 1953, no. 47 / stock catalogue: Moderne Kunst III. Gemälde, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen. Campione d‘Italia, R. N. Ketterer, 1966, cat. no. 106, with ill. / auction 173: Moderne Kunst. Hamburg, Dr. Ernst Hauswedell, 4./5.6.1970, cat. no. 616, with ill. / exh. cat.: Paul Klee. Die Ordnung der Dinge. Stuttgart, Württembergischer Kunstverein, 1975, ill. p. 12 (not exhibited) / Donat de Chapeaurouge: Paul Klee und der christliche Himmel. Stuttgart, 1990, ill. p. 55

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