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Unbekannte Initiale
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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Unbekannte Initiale
signed 'Klee' (centre left); dated, numbered and titled '1939 GH9 unbekannte Initiale' (on the artist's mount)
oil, watercolour, wax crayon and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 11½ x 8 1/8 in. (29.5 x 20.7 cm.)
mount: 15½ x 12 3/8 in. (39.3 x 31.5 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Unbekannte Initiale
signed 'Klee' (centre left); dated, numbered and titled '1939 GH9 unbekannte Initiale' (on the artist's mount)
oil, watercolour, wax crayon and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 11½ x 8 1/8 in. (29.5 x 20.7 cm.)
mount: 15½ x 12 3/8 in. (39.3 x 31.5 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Provenance
Werner Allenbach, Bern (until 1952).
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1952-1954).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris (from 1954).
Galerie L'Effort Moderne, Paris.
Galerie Neher, Essen.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 18 June 1986, lot 397.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1988, lot 508.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Koller, Zurich, 19 November 1993, lot 3041.
Art Focus, Zurich.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1952-1954).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris (from 1954).
Galerie L'Effort Moderne, Paris.
Galerie Neher, Essen.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 18 June 1986, lot 397.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 November 1988, lot 508.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Koller, Zurich, 19 November 1993, lot 3041.
Art Focus, Zurich.
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné, vol. 8, 1939, Bern, 2004, no. 8795 (illustrated p. 475).
Exhibited
Bedburg-Hau, Museum Schloss Moyland, Paul Klee trifft Joseph Beuys, August - October 2000, no. 173; this exhibition later travelled to Heidelberg, Kurpälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg, February - May 2002.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.