Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
Lot 147: f - Paul Klee , 1879-1940 ROSENZWERG (ROSE DWARF) pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
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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.
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.
Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
bySotheby's
London, United Kingdom
