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In Conversation: Property from a Private Northwest Collection
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Mit dem Eingang
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Mit dem Eingang
signed 'Klee' (upper right); titled, dated and numbered '1931.S.5 mit dem Eingang' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 17 7⁄8 x 13 ¾ in. (45.6 x 35.1 cm.)
Mount: 23 ½ x 16 ¾ in. (59.5 x 42.7 cm.)
Painted in 1931
Mit dem Eingang
signed 'Klee' (upper right); titled, dated and numbered '1931.S.5 mit dem Eingang' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 17 7⁄8 x 13 ¾ in. (45.6 x 35.1 cm.)
Mount: 23 ½ x 16 ¾ in. (59.5 x 42.7 cm.)
Painted in 1931
Provenance
Hans and Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern.
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1956).
M. Hendrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above, 1957).
Maurice d'Arquian, Brussels.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 29 August 1960).
Klaus Dohrn, Frankfurt (acquired from the above, 7 January 1965).
Anon. sale, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 23 May 1977, lot 1048a.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 16 May 1979, lot 69.
Fridart Foundation, Amsterdam; sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1988, lot 359.
Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Ogawa Museum of Art, Tokyo (1991).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 577.
Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Geneva (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2014, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1956).
M. Hendrickx, Brussels (acquired from the above, 1957).
Maurice d'Arquian, Brussels.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, 29 August 1960).
Klaus Dohrn, Frankfurt (acquired from the above, 7 January 1965).
Anon. sale, Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 23 May 1977, lot 1048a.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 16 May 1979, lot 69.
Fridart Foundation, Amsterdam; sale, Sotheby's, London, 29 June 1988, lot 359.
Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo (acquired at the above sale).
Ogawa Museum of Art, Tokyo (1991).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1998, lot 577.
Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Geneva (acquired at the above sale); sale, Sotheby's, London, 5 February 2014, lot 20.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist, 1931, no. 165 (S.5).
The Artist's Handlist, 1932, no. 251 (W 11).
F. Choay, "Sur l'ambiguité fondamentale de la peinture contemporaine" in Cercle d'Art Contemporaine, Zurich, 1960, p. 102 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, 1931-1933, Bern, 2002, vol. 6, p. 119, no. 5570 (illustrated).
The Artist's Handlist, 1932, no. 251 (W 11).
F. Choay, "Sur l'ambiguité fondamentale de la peinture contemporaine" in Cercle d'Art Contemporaine, Zurich, 1960, p. 102 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, 1931-1933, Bern, 2002, vol. 6, p. 119, no. 5570 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee, March-April 1963, pp. 35 and 84, no. 41 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Tarica, Paul Klee, November-December 1963 (illustrated).
Southampton City Art Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery, Sounds of Colour, 1982-1985, no. 15.
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Paul Klee: Traces de la mémoire, November 1998-February 1999, pp. 63 and 100 (illustrated).
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Linie, Licht und Schatten: Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, May-August 1999, pp. 34-335, no. 159 (illustrated).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye: Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, September-December 1999, pp. 356-357, no. 171 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin tiempo: Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Colección Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, February-May 2000, pp. 368-369, no. 168 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Institute de France, La passion du dessin: Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, March-June 2002, pp. 330-331, no. 153 (illustrated).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das ewige Auge: Von Rembrandt bis Picasso, Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, July-October 2007, pp. 348-349, no. 166 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Tarica, Paul Klee, November-December 1963 (illustrated).
Southampton City Art Gallery; Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery and Manchester Art Gallery, Sounds of Colour, 1982-1985, no. 15.
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Paul Klee: Traces de la mémoire, November 1998-February 1999, pp. 63 and 100 (illustrated).
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Linie, Licht und Schatten: Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, May-August 1999, pp. 34-335, no. 159 (illustrated).
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye: Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, September-December 1999, pp. 356-357, no. 171 (illustrated).
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin tiempo: Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Colección Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, February-May 2000, pp. 368-369, no. 168 (illustrated).
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Institute de France, La passion du dessin: Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, March-June 2002, pp. 330-331, no. 153 (illustrated).
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das ewige Auge: Von Rembrandt bis Picasso, Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, July-October 2007, pp. 348-349, no. 166 (illustrated).
Presentado por

Jakob Angner
Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale