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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

„Dryaden“. 1939

Oil on paper, laid down on light cardboard by the artist. 49,8 × 32,7 cm (51,5 × 33,7 cm) (19 ⅝ × 12 ⅞ in. (20 ¼ × 13 ¼ in.)).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. „Dryaden“. 1939.

Estimate:

EUR 400,000

 

- 600,000

USD 449,000

 

- 674,000

Sold for:

500,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Auctions Spring 2019

Selected Works, Thursday, 30.05.2019

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Oil on paper, laid down on light cardboard by the artist. 49,8 × 32,7 cm (51,5 × 33,7 cm) (19 ⅝ × 12 ⅞ in. (20 ¼ × 13 ¼ in.)). Signed upper left: Klee. Dated, titled and inscribed with the work number on the cardboard at the bottom in pen in brown: 1939 K 15 Dryaden. Catalogue raisonné: Klee-Stiftung 7799.

Lily Klee, Bern (from 1940) / Hans and Erika Meyer- Benteli, Bern (until 1956) / Berggruen & Cie., Paris (1956) / Rolf E. Stenersen, Oslo/Bergen (from 1956) / Robert Jacobsens, Copenhagen / Private Collection, Switzerland

Paul Klee i Rolf Stenersens samling. Stockholm, Samlaren, und Göteborg, Konstmuseum, 1958, cat. no. 30 / Collectie Rolf E. Stenersen. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1962, cat. no. 81 / Munch-Picasso-Klee fra Rolf Sternersens samling. Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 1964, cat. no. 139 / Paul Klee – In der Maske des Mythos. Munich, Haus der Kunst, and Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, 1999/2000, cat. no. 91, ill. / Paul Klee – BILDWelten. Klagenfurt, Stadtgalerie, 2005, cat. no. 94, ill. p. 144

Christina Kröll: Die Bildtitel Paul Klees. Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts. Dissertation, Bonn, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, 1968, p. 32

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