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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF JANE WADE LOMBARD AND LEE LOMBARD
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Trotzdem Geschmückt
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Trotzdem Geschmückt
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1928 L6. trotzdem geschmückt' (on the mount)
pen and ink on paper mounted by the artist on paper
Sheet size: 11 3/8 x 12 in. (29 x 30.5 cm.)
Mount size: 19¼ x 17½ in. (49 x 44.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1928
Trotzdem Geschmückt
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1928 L6. trotzdem geschmückt' (on the mount)
pen and ink on paper mounted by the artist on paper
Sheet size: 11 3/8 x 12 in. (29 x 30.5 cm.)
Mount size: 19¼ x 17½ in. (49 x 44.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1928
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1948).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (circa 1948).
Margrit von Lilienfeld.
Gallery Gertrude Stein, New York (until 1971).
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (1971-1975).
Acquired by the late owners, by 1983.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1948).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (circa 1948).
Margrit von Lilienfeld.
Gallery Gertrude Stein, New York (until 1971).
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (1971-1975).
Acquired by the late owners, by 1983.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, no. 26.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2001, vol. 5, p. 179, no. 4567 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2001, vol. 5, p. 179, no. 4567 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Fifty Drawings by Paul Klee, October-November 1948, no. 35 (illustrated; titled Adorned inspite of it).
San Diego Museum of Art, Insight: Selections from San Diego Private Collections, April-June 1983.
San Diego Museum of Art, Insight: Selections from San Diego Private Collections, April-June 1983.