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A photo-certificate from Paul Klee-Stiftung dated Bern, March, 1995 accompanies this watercolor.
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Ältliches Kind II
signed bottom center 'Klee'--dated, numbered and titled on the mount '1930 B. 2. ältliches Kind II'--black ink transfer on paper mounted by the artist on board
Image size: 18¾ x 12¼ in. (47.5 x 31 cm.)
Mount size: 25 5/8 x 19 1/8 in. (65 x 48.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1930
Ältliches Kind II
signed bottom center 'Klee'--dated, numbered and titled on the mount '1930 B. 2. ältliches Kind II'--black ink transfer on paper mounted by the artist on board
Image size: 18¾ x 12¼ in. (47.5 x 31 cm.)
Mount size: 25 5/8 x 19 1/8 in. (65 x 48.5 cm.)
Drawn in 1930
Provenance
Lilly Klee, Bern (1940)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946)
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (1950)
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1951)
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Sept. 8, 1955
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946)
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (1950)
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (1951)
Acquired from the above by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Colin on Sept. 8, 1955
Literature
Oeuvre Catalogue, 1930, 172 (b2)
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, p. 28, no. 79
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen II. 1921-1936, Bern, 1984 (illustrated, p. 160)
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, p. 28, no. 79
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen II. 1921-1936, Bern, 1984 (illustrated, p. 160)
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery, Paul Klee - Sixty Unknown Drawings, Jan.-Feb., 1951, no. 44 (illustrated as no. 46)
Louisville, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Paul Klee, Drawings, Oct., 1952, no. 34. The exhibition traveled to Coral Gables, University of Miami, Nov., 1952; Poughkeepsie, Vassar College, Jan., 1953; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Feb.-March, 1953; St. Louis, Washington University, March-April, 1953; Northampton, Smith College Museum, April-May, 1953; Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art, May-June, 1953 and Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, June-Aug., 1953.
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Fifty Drawings by Paul Klee (Collection of Curt Valentin, New York), Nov.-Dec., 1953, no. 36. The exhibition traveled to Berlin, Galerie Schüler, March-April, 1954.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Paul Klee - Max Beckmann, Jan.-Feb., 1954, no. 36
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 40 (illustrated)
Louisville, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Paul Klee, Drawings, Oct., 1952, no. 34. The exhibition traveled to Coral Gables, University of Miami, Nov., 1952; Poughkeepsie, Vassar College, Jan., 1953; Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Feb.-March, 1953; St. Louis, Washington University, March-April, 1953; Northampton, Smith College Museum, April-May, 1953; Manchester, The Currier Gallery of Art, May-June, 1953 and Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, June-Aug., 1953.
London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Fifty Drawings by Paul Klee (Collection of Curt Valentin, New York), Nov.-Dec., 1953, no. 36. The exhibition traveled to Berlin, Galerie Schüler, March-April, 1954.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Paul Klee - Max Beckmann, Jan.-Feb., 1954, no. 36
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., The Colin Collection, April-May, 1960, no. 40 (illustrated)