Paul Klee (1879-1940)
In Blüte
signed 'Klee' (lower right)
oil on burlap laid down on the Artist's prepared board
18½ x 29 1/8in. (47 x 74cm.) with border
Executed in 1938
Provenance
Gallery Nierendorf, New York,circa 1939-41.
Pulitzer, New York, circa 1941.
The Edward James Foundation, West Dean, East Sussex.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 1 April 1981, lot 75.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 13 Nov. 1984, lot 139.
Galerie Tarica, Paris.
Exhibited
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Paul Klee, 1941, no. 24.
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Elan vital oder das Auge des Eros, Kandinsky, Klee, Miró, Arp, Calder, May - Aug. 1994.
Lot Essay
This work is recorded under no. 1938/199 (M19) in the Artist's Werkkatalog at the Klee Stiftung, Berne.
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