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Paul Klee

Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto near Locarno

”Drei Bäume”. 1940

Red distemper on packing paper. 25 × 37,3 cm (9 ⅞ × 14 ⅝ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Paul Klee. ”Drei Bäume”. 1940.

Estimate:

EUR 40,000

 

- 60,000

USD 47,100

 

- 70,600

Sold for:

44,450 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2025

Modern & 19th Century Art, Friday, 28.11.2025

Information

Red distemper on packing paper. 25 × 37,3 cm (9 ⅞ × 14 ⅝ in.). Signed at the top, dated and titled: Klee 1940 M 11 drei Bäume [heavily faded]. Catalogue raisonné: Paul-Klee-Stiftung 9270. Framed

Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946) / Klee-Society, Bern (from 1946) / Werner Allenbach, Bern (to 1957) / Berggruen & Cie, Paris (from 1957) / Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1962-1965) / Klaus Dohrn, Frankfurt a. M. (1965-1982) / Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., New York (1982) / Carmine Benincasa, Rome (from 1982) / Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., New York / Jürgen Preyer, Münster (from 1990) / collection Heseler, Munich (to 2002)

Paul Klee. New York, World House Galleries, 1960, cat. no. 49, ill. / Paul Klee. Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, 1960, cat. no. 39 / Klee. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, 1963, cat. no. 71, ill. / Paul Klee. Zurich, Galerie Renée Ziegler, 1963, cat. no. 41, ill.; / Paul Klee. Paris, Galerie Tarica, 1963 / Paul Klee. Öl, Aquarell, Zeichnungen. Werke 1910–1940. Ascona, Galleria Castelnuovo, Trudy Neuburg-Cora, 1964, cat. no. 28, ill. 

Auction: Asta d' arte moderna. Mailand, Finarte-Ketterer, 22.11.1962, cat. no. 121, ill. / Auction: London, Sotheby's, 31.3.1982, no. 198, ill. / Auction: Impressionist and modern Watercolours and Drawings. London, Christie's, 4.4.1989, cat. no. 383, ill. / Auction: Finarte, Mailand, 12.12.1990, cat. no. 17, ill. / Auction 745: collection Galerie Heseler Munich. Painting, Plastik, Objekte, Aquarelle, drawings, Graphik. Cologne, Kunsthaus Lempertz, 6.6.1997, no. 704, ill. 

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