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In Conversation: Property from a Private Northwest Collection
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Herbstblätter Straus
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Herbstblätter Straus
signed 'Klee' (lower left)
watercolor on gesso-primed burlap
16 1⁄8 x 15 ½ in. (41 x 39.4 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Herbstblätter Straus
signed 'Klee' (lower left)
watercolor on gesso-primed burlap
16 1⁄8 x 15 ½ in. (41 x 39.4 cm.)
Painted in 1930
Provenance
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist, 1930-1934).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist, 1934-1936).
J.B. Neumann (New Art Circle), New York (on consignment from the artist, 1936).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist, 1937).
Karl Nierendorf, New York (acquired from the above, 1937).
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1938); sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 20 May 1960, lot 283.
Peggy and David Rockefeller, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 10 May 2018, lot 532.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist, 1934-1936).
J.B. Neumann (New Art Circle), New York (on consignment from the artist, 1936).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on consignment from the artist, 1937).
Karl Nierendorf, New York (acquired from the above, 1937).
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Chicago (acquired from the above, 1938); sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 20 May 1960, lot 283.
Peggy and David Rockefeller, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 10 May 2018, lot 532.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
M. Potter et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: European Works of Art, New York, 1984, vol. I, p. 320, no. 140 (illustrated).
J. Anger, "Klees Unterricht in der Webereiwerkstatt des Bauhauses" in Das Bauhaus webt, exh. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, 1998, p. 41, note 32.
P. Lambert, ed., Mies in America, New York, 2001, pp. 97 and 129, note 24.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, 1927-1930, Bonn, 2001, vol. 5, p. 421, no. 5142 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
O. Dascher, Alfred Flechtheim, Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger, Wadenswil, 2011, p. 442.
J. Anger, "Klees Unterricht in der Webereiwerkstatt des Bauhauses" in Das Bauhaus webt, exh. cat., Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin, 1998, p. 41, note 32.
P. Lambert, ed., Mies in America, New York, 2001, pp. 97 and 129, note 24.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, 1927-1930, Bonn, 2001, vol. 5, p. 421, no. 5142 (illustrated; with incorrect provenance).
O. Dascher, Alfred Flechtheim, Sammler, Kunsthändler, Verleger, Wadenswil, 2011, p. 442.
Exhibited
Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Vom Abbild zum Sinnbild, Ausstellung von Meisterwerken moderner Malerei, June-July 1931, p. 34, no. 121.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, Neue Bilder und Aquarelle, November-December 1931, no. 21.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Paul Klee, January-February 1936, no. 27.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, Neue Bilder und Aquarelle, November-December 1931, no. 21.
Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Paul Klee, January-February 1936, no. 27.
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Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale