Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
Lot 144: Paul Klee (1879-1940)
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Description
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Mädchen mit Puppe
signed 'Klee' (lower right) and dated, numbered and titled '1930. H.8. Mädchen mit Puppe' (lower center)
pen and ink over pencil on paper
18 3/8 x 12 in. (46.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1930
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Paul Klee, May 1950, no. 55.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen II 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, p. 37, no. 90.
M. Armitage et al., Essays on Klee, New York, 1950 (illustrated).
F.C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F.C. Schang, South Norwalk, 1952, no. 29.
G. Di San Lazzaro, Klee, A Study of His Life and Work, London, 1957, p. 295 (illustrated, p. 108).
M. Marnat, Klee, New York, 1974 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2001, vol. 5, p. 520, no. 5367 (illustrated).
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (by 1949).
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk, New York (by 1952).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Notes
Property Formerly in the Collection of Frederick C. Schang
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Mädchen mit Puppe
signed 'Klee' (lower right) and dated, numbered and titled '1930. H.8. Mädchen mit Puppe' (lower center)
pen and ink over pencil on paper
18 3/8 x 12 in. (46.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1930