Lot 246
246
Property from A MIDWESTERN ESTATE
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Property from
A MIDWESTERN ESTATE

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Fruchtbares geregelt

signed lower left 'Klee'--titled, dated and numbered
on the mount 'Fruchtbares geregelt 1933 L.8.'--watercolor on paper suspended in the artist's mount
Image size: 7¾ x 10¼in. (19.8 x 26cm.)
Mount size (sight): 10½ x 10 5/8in. (26.6 x 27cm.)
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950)
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (acquired by the late owner, 1950)
Literature
Oeuvre-Katalog Klee, 1933, no. 28 (L.8)
Exhibited
Liège, Association pour le progrès intellectual et artisque de la Wallonie, Paul Klee, Peintures et dessins, April, 1949, no. 24 (titled Mesures fertiles)

Lot Essay

This watercolor was painted on the reverse of an uncompleted and cut down composition which is visible through the mount.

Josef Helfenstein and Stefan Frey of the Paul Klee-Stiftung have confirmed the authenticity of this watercolor.