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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MRS. OTTO PREMINGER
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Der Torso und die Seinen, Bei Vollmond
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Der Torso und die Seinen, Bei Vollmond
signed 'Klee' (upper left); titled, dated and numbered 'Der Torso und die Seinen, Bei Vollmond 1939 T 14' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on paper laid down by the artist on board
Sheet size: 22 x 15¼ in. (55.9 x 38.7 cm.) Mount size: 23½ x 16½ in. (59.7 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Der Torso und die Seinen, Bei Vollmond
signed 'Klee' (upper left); titled, dated and numbered 'Der Torso und die Seinen, Bei Vollmond 1939 T 14' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on paper laid down by the artist on board
Sheet size: 22 x 15¼ in. (55.9 x 38.7 cm.) Mount size: 23½ x 16½ in. (59.7 x 41.9 cm.)
Painted in 1939
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (by descent from the artist, 1940).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (by 1948).
Otto Preminger, New York (probably acquired from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (by 1948).
Otto Preminger, New York (probably acquired from the above).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
M. Huggler, Paul Klee: Die Malerei als Blick in den Kosmos, Stuutgart, 1969, p. 207.
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern: Gemälde, farbige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 336 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2004, vol. 8, p. 147, no. 7958 (illustrated).
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern: Gemälde, farbige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 336 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2004, vol. 8, p. 147, no. 7958 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Paul Klee, April-May 1948, no. 29 (illustrated).
Kunsthalle Basel, Aus der Stiftung Paul Klee, October-November 1948, no. 136 (illustrated).
New York, Kleemann Galleries, Paul Klee (1879-1940), March 1955, no. 27.
Kunsthalle Basel, Aus der Stiftung Paul Klee, October-November 1948, no. 136 (illustrated).
New York, Kleemann Galleries, Paul Klee (1879-1940), March 1955, no. 27.
Sale room notice
Please note that this lot is illustrated on page 36 in the catalogue as lot 122.
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Please note that this lot is illustrated correctly on christies.com.