Lot Essay
A PHOTO-CERTIFICATE DATED BERN, DECEMBER 22, 1997 FROM JOSEF HELFENSTEIN AND MICHAEL BAUMGARTNER OF THE PAUL KLEE-STIFTUNG ACCOMPANIES THIS WATERCOLOR.
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PRAETENDENT
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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
PRAETENDENT
SIGNED UPPER RIGHT 'KLEE', DATED, NUMBERED AND TITLED ON THE MOUNT '1939 A9 PRAETENDENT II'
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER MOUNTED BY THE ARTIST ON PAPER
IMAGE SIZE: 11 X 8IN. (29.5 X 21CM.) MOUNT SIZE: 16 X 11IN. (40.6 X 29.2CM.)
PAINTED IN 1939
PRAETENDENT
SIGNED UPPER RIGHT 'KLEE', DATED, NUMBERED AND TITLED ON THE MOUNT '1939 A9 PRAETENDENT II'
WATERCOLOR ON PAPER MOUNTED BY THE ARTIST ON PAPER
IMAGE SIZE: 11 X 8IN. (29.5 X 21CM.) MOUNT SIZE: 16 X 11IN. (40.6 X 29.2CM.)
PAINTED IN 1939
Provenance
LILY KLEE, BERN (1940-1946)
KLEE-GESELLSCHAFT, BERN (1946)
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, NEW YORK
ANON. SALE, PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC., NEW YORK, NOV. 11, 1959, LOT 21 (ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM RAND)
KLEE-GESELLSCHAFT, BERN (1946)
CURT VALENTIN GALLERY, NEW YORK
ANON. SALE, PARKE-BERNET GALLERIES, INC., NEW YORK, NOV. 11, 1959, LOT 21 (ACQUIRED BY WILLIAM RAND)
Literature
OEUVRE-KATALOG KLEE, 1939, NO. 389 (A9)
Exhibited
ZURICH, KUNSTHAUS, PAUL KLEE, NEUE WERKE, FEB.-MARCH, 1940, NO. 64