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In Conversation: Property from a Private Northwest Collection
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Perspektive Figuration
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Perspektive Figuration
signed, dated and numbered 'Klee 1925 d 2' (lower left)
oil and paper on board in the artist's original frame
12 7⁄8 x 10 ½ in. (32.7 x 26.7 cm.) (framed)
Painted in 1925
Perspektive Figuration
signed, dated and numbered 'Klee 1925 d 2' (lower left)
oil and paper on board in the artist's original frame
12 7⁄8 x 10 ½ in. (32.7 x 26.7 cm.) (framed)
Painted in 1925
Provenance
Rudolf Probst (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides; Das Kunsthaus), Dresden and Mannheim (on consignment from the artist, 1927-1928).
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist, from 1929).
Alex Vomel, Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist).
The Mayor Gallery, London (on consignment from the artist, 1934-1935).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist).
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1948).
Werner M. Moser, Zurich (1948, then by descent); sale, Christie's, London, 18 June 2013, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist, from 1929).
Alex Vomel, Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist).
The Mayor Gallery, London (on consignment from the artist, 1934-1935).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist).
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1948).
Werner M. Moser, Zurich (1948, then by descent); sale, Christie's, London, 18 June 2013, lot 25.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
P. Klee, Taschenkalender 1929, Letters, vol. II, p. 1087.
J. Spiller, Paul Klee. Das bildnerische Denken, Form-und Gestaltungslehre, Basel, 1956, vol. I, p. 159.
S. Frey and W. Kersten, "Paul Klees geschäftliche Verbindung zur Galerie Alfred Flechtheim" in Alfred Flechtheim, Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1987, p. 87.
O. Okuda, "'Wiederantritt auf altgewohntem Boden', Die Paul-Klee-Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Bern im Jahr 1935" in Paul Klee, Die Sammlung Bürgi, exh. cat., Bern, 2000, p. 226, note 4.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, vol. 4, p. 354, no. 3813 (illustrated).
J. Spiller, Paul Klee. Das bildnerische Denken, Form-und Gestaltungslehre, Basel, 1956, vol. I, p. 159.
S. Frey and W. Kersten, "Paul Klees geschäftliche Verbindung zur Galerie Alfred Flechtheim" in Alfred Flechtheim, Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, 1987, p. 87.
O. Okuda, "'Wiederantritt auf altgewohntem Boden', Die Paul-Klee-Ausstellung in der Kunsthalle Bern im Jahr 1935" in Paul Klee, Die Sammlung Bürgi, exh. cat., Bern, 2000, p. 226, note 4.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, vol. 4, p. 354, no. 3813 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kunsthaus Zürich, Ausstellung Paul Klee, Paul Altherr, R. Th. Bosshard, Emil Bresseler, Willy F. Burger, Max Burgmeier, Eugen Maurer, August Speck, April-May 1926, p. 11, no. 43.
Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, August-Ausstellung 1926, August 1926, no. 41.
Dresden, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Sonderausstellung von 100 Gemälden und Aquarellen von Paul Klee aus den Jahren 1908-1926, November 1926.
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Wege und Richtungen der abstrakten Malerei in Europa, January-March 1927, p. 14, no. 139.
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Landschaften aus Cagnes und Stilleben von Auguste Renoir; Paul Klee, Ölgemälde und Aquarelle, April 1927, no. 16.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Das Problem der Generation, Die um 1880 geborenen Meister von heute, 1. Teil: Die Deutschen, June-August 1927, p. 11, no. 70a.
Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Paul Klee, R. Sintenis, December 1928, no. 11.
Paris, Galerie Georges Bernheim et Cie, Paul Klee, February 1929, no. 11.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, October-November 1929, no. 62.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, March-April 1930, p. 13, no. 8.
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Verbindung, Paul Klee, June-July 1931, no. 25.
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee, January-February 1934, no. 21.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, February-March 1935, p. 4, no. 23.
Basel, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, October-November 1935, no. 17.
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee, Fritz Huf, April-June 1936, no. 36.
Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, August-Ausstellung 1926, August 1926, no. 41.
Dresden, Galerie Ernst Arnold, Sonderausstellung von 100 Gemälden und Aquarellen von Paul Klee aus den Jahren 1908-1926, November 1926.
Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle, Wege und Richtungen der abstrakten Malerei in Europa, January-March 1927, p. 14, no. 139.
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Landschaften aus Cagnes und Stilleben von Auguste Renoir; Paul Klee, Ölgemälde und Aquarelle, April 1927, no. 16.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Das Problem der Generation, Die um 1880 geborenen Meister von heute, 1. Teil: Die Deutschen, June-August 1927, p. 11, no. 70a.
Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Paul Klee, R. Sintenis, December 1928, no. 11.
Paris, Galerie Georges Bernheim et Cie, Paul Klee, February 1929, no. 11.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, October-November 1929, no. 62.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, March-April 1930, p. 13, no. 8.
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Verbindung, Paul Klee, June-July 1931, no. 25.
London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee, January-February 1934, no. 21.
Bern, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, February-March 1935, p. 4, no. 23.
Basel, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, October-November 1935, no. 17.
Lucerne, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee, Fritz Huf, April-June 1936, no. 36.
Presentado por
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale