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Botschaft des Luftgeistes
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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Botschaft des Luftgeistes
signed 'Klee' (lower right) and dated '1919' (upper right); dated again and inscribed '1920. 51. Botschaft des Luftgeistes' (on the artist's mount)
pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 8 7⁄8 x 11 7⁄8 in. (22.5 x 28.2 cm.)
Mount: 9 ½ x 12 ¾ in. (24 x 32.3 cm.)
Drawn in 1920
Botschaft des Luftgeistes
signed 'Klee' (lower right) and dated '1919' (upper right); dated again and inscribed '1920. 51. Botschaft des Luftgeistes' (on the artist's mount)
pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 8 7⁄8 x 11 7⁄8 in. (22.5 x 28.2 cm.)
Mount: 9 ½ x 12 ¾ in. (24 x 32.3 cm.)
Drawn in 1920
Provenance
Hermann & Margrit Rupf, Bern (by 1953).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Dr. Bernhard Sprengel, Hannover.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1966).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, July 1966.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Dr. Bernhard Sprengel, Hannover.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London (acquired from the above, 1966).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, July 1966.
Literature
H. Hildebrandt, Die Kunst des 19. Und 20. Jahrhunderts, Potsdam, 1931, p. 422.
H.-F. Geist, Paul Klee, Hamburg, 1948, p. 30.
M. Plant, Paul Klee, Figures and Faces, London, 1978, p. 131.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1919-1922, Bern, 1999, vol. III, p. 194, no. 2396 (illustrated).
H.-F. Geist, Paul Klee, Hamburg, 1948, p. 30.
M. Plant, Paul Klee, Figures and Faces, London, 1978, p. 131.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1919-1922, Bern, 1999, vol. III, p. 194, no. 2396 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Sammlung Sprengel, October-November 1965, pp. 88 and 314, no. 114 (illustrated).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Vision and Intellect, Nolde, Klee, June-July 1966, no. 11 (illustrated).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Vision and Intellect, Nolde, Klee, June-July 1966, no. 11 (illustrated).
Presentado por
Jakob Angner
Associate Vice President, Specialist, Head of Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale