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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. OTTO PREMINGER
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Schlafende Tiere
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Schlafende Tiere
signed 'Klee' (lower left); titled, dated and numbered 'schlafende Tiere 1939 W6' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on paper laid down by the artist on paper
Sheet size: 13 5/8 x 20½ in. (34.5 x 52.1 cm.)
Mount size: 14½ x 20½ in. (36.8 x 52.1 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Schlafende Tiere
signed 'Klee' (lower left); titled, dated and numbered 'schlafende Tiere 1939 W6' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on paper laid down by the artist on paper
Sheet size: 13 5/8 x 20½ in. (34.5 x 52.1 cm.)
Mount size: 14½ x 20½ in. (36.8 x 52.1 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (by descent from the artist, 1940).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1948).
Enrique Simon, Buenos Aires and Zurich (acquired from the above, 1948).
Berggruen et Cie, Paris (1955).
Johan H. Stenersen, Oslo (by 1957).
Rolf E. Stenersen, Oslo and Bergen (by descent from the above, by 1968).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1969, lot 87.
Marborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale).
Otto Preminger, New York (acquired from the above, 1970).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above, 1948).
Enrique Simon, Buenos Aires and Zurich (acquired from the above, 1948).
Berggruen et Cie, Paris (1955).
Johan H. Stenersen, Oslo (by 1957).
Rolf E. Stenersen, Oslo and Bergen (by descent from the above, by 1968).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1969, lot 87.
Marborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale).
Otto Preminger, New York (acquired from the above, 1970).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
M. Brion, Klee, Paris, 1955, p. XVIII, no. 56 (illustrated, p. 56).
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern: Gemälde, farbige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 339 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, New York, 2004, vol. 8, p. 164, no. 8010 (illustrated).
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern: Gemälde, farbige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 339 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, New York, 2004, vol. 8, p. 164, no. 8010 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Basel, Gedächtnisausstellung Paul Klee, February-March 1941, no. 243.
Stockholm, Samlaren and Kunstmuseum Göteborgs, Paul Klee: I Rolf Stenersens sammlung, Fall 1958, no. 29 (illustrated).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Collectie Rolf E. Stenersen, June 1962, no. 82.
Stockholm, Samlaren and Kunstmuseum Göteborgs, Paul Klee: I Rolf Stenersens sammlung, Fall 1958, no. 29 (illustrated).
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Collectie Rolf E. Stenersen, June 1962, no. 82.
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot is illustrated on page 37 in the catalogue as lot 123.
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Please note this lot is illustrated correctly on christies.com.