Lot 147: f - Paul Klee , 1879-1940 ROSENZWERG (ROSE DWARF) pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount

Name: f - Paul Klee , 1879-1940 ROSENZWERG (ROSE DWARF) pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: rublftgt76

Est: £25,000 GBP - £35,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomFebruary 06, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Executed in 1927. signed Klee (upper left); titled and dated 1927 G. 1. on the artist's mount pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount

Dimensions

measurements sheet size: 41.3 by 29.5cm., 16 1/4 by 11 5/8 in. alternate measurements mount size: 61 by 46.6cm., 24 by 18 3/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Paul Klee

Literature

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam & Berlin, 1934, no. 118, p. 29
Giorgio di San Lazzaro, Paul Klee, Paris, 1957, p. 82
Paul Klee Stiftung (ed.), Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, vol. V, no. 4375, illustrated p. 115

Provenance

Berner Collection (until 1953)
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1953-1957)
Harold Kaye, New York (from 1957)
Jacob D. Weintraub Gallery, New York
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, 12th May 1987, lot 155
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (until 1988)
Private Collection, Switzerland

Notes

This drawing is a study for the oil painting Rosenzwerg, 1927, and is recorded in the artist's Werkkatalog as number 161 GI of the year 1927.

Auction Details

Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper

Sotheby's

February 06, 2008, 12:00 PM EST

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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