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Property from a Distinguished Cincinnati Collection
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Erwartender (recto); Ohne Titel (verso)
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Erwartender (recto); Ohne Titel (verso)
signed 'Klee' (center left, recto)
gouache, watercolor, pastel and black Conté crayon on paper (recto); oil and watercolor on paper (verso)
18 ¾ x 12 3⁄8 in. (47.8 x 31.4 cm.)
Executed in 1934
Erwartender (recto); Ohne Titel (verso)
signed 'Klee' (center left, recto)
gouache, watercolor, pastel and black Conté crayon on paper (recto); oil and watercolor on paper (verso)
18 ¾ x 12 3⁄8 in. (47.8 x 31.4 cm.)
Executed in 1934
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist, 1940).
Klee Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris and Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (on consignment from the above, 1947).
Clifford Odets, New York and Los Angeles (acquired from the above, by June 1951).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (1953, until at least 1955).
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above by exchange, circa 1955).
Theodore Schempp, New York (1956).
Jane and Alfred Friedlander, Cincinnati (acquired from the above, 22 April 1956, then by descent); sale, Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, 14 September 2023, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Klee Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris and Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (on consignment from the above, 1947).
Clifford Odets, New York and Los Angeles (acquired from the above, by June 1951).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (1953, until at least 1955).
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (acquired from the above by exchange, circa 1955).
Theodore Schempp, New York (1956).
Jane and Alfred Friedlander, Cincinnati (acquired from the above, 22 April 1956, then by descent); sale, Caza Sikes, Cincinnati, 14 September 2023, lot 22.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
G. Schmidt, "Paul Klee: Zur Ausstellung in der Kunsthandel, III. (Schluss.)" in National-Zeitung, no. 542, Basel, 22 November 1935, p. 7.
Cincinnati Collects, exh. cat., M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, 1961 (titled Waiting).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Bern, 2003, vol. VII, 2003, pp. 112 and 139, nos. 6688 and 6762a (illustrated).
O. Okuda, Klee goes to Hollywood: Clifford Odets and His Favorit Artist, in Zwitscher-Maschine, October 2017, pp. 33-34, figs. 9-12 (illustrated and illustrated again in-situ).
Cincinnati Collects, exh. cat., M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York, 1961 (titled Waiting).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Bern, 2003, vol. VII, 2003, pp. 112 and 139, nos. 6688 and 6762a (illustrated).
O. Okuda, Klee goes to Hollywood: Clifford Odets and His Favorit Artist, in Zwitscher-Maschine, October 2017, pp. 33-34, figs. 9-12 (illustrated and illustrated again in-situ).
Exhibited
Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee, October-November 1935, p. 10, no. 155.
Paris, Galerie Roland Balaÿ et Louis Carré, Paul Klee: Tableaux et aquarelles de 1917 à 1937, July 1938, no. 18 (titled Dans L'Attente).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Selections from 5 Private New York Collections, June-September 1951.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee, An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of His Birth, March-April 1954 (titled The Child Who Waits).
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, The Magical Worlds of Redon, Klee, Baziotes, January-February 1957 (titled Waiting).
Cincinnati Arts Museum, Ninth Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions from Local Collections, September-October 1958, no. 44 (titled Waiting).
Paris, Galerie Roland Balaÿ et Louis Carré, Paul Klee: Tableaux et aquarelles de 1917 à 1937, July 1938, no. 18 (titled Dans L'Attente).
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Selections from 5 Private New York Collections, June-September 1951.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee, An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of His Birth, March-April 1954 (titled The Child Who Waits).
Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, The Magical Worlds of Redon, Klee, Baziotes, January-February 1957 (titled Waiting).
Cincinnati Arts Museum, Ninth Exhibition of Recent Acquisitions from Local Collections, September-October 1958, no. 44 (titled Waiting).
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