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PROPERTY FROM THE HOLDINGS OF THE FORD FOUNDATION
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Schneckenpost
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Schneckenpost
signed 'Klee' (upper left)
oil over charcoal on paper
7 x 10 7/8 in. (17.7 x 28.6 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Schneckenpost
signed 'Klee' (upper left)
oil over charcoal on paper
7 x 10 7/8 in. (17.7 x 28.6 cm.)
Painted in 1937
Provenance
Private collection, Bern.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1959).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, July 1966.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (1959).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, July 1966.
Literature
J. Spiller, ed., Paul Klee, Unendliche Naturgeschichte, Basel, 1970, vol. 2, p. 293 (illustrated, p. 292).
R. Verdi, Klee and Nature, London, 1984, p. 30 (illustrated, fig. 17).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, Bonn, 2003, vol. 7, p. 235, no. 6995 (illustrated).
R. Verdi, Klee and Nature, London, 1984, p. 30 (illustrated, fig. 17).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, Bonn, 2003, vol. 7, p. 235, no. 6995 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, Tiere in der Kunst von Paul Klee, summer 1964, no. 53.