PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

PSYCHOGRAMM MIT DEM FUSS

Details

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
PSYCHOGRAMM MIT DEM FUSS
SIGNED 'KLEE' (UPPER LEFT); INSCRIBED, TITLED AND DATED 'S. CL 1930 P. 6 PSYCHOGRAMM MIT DEM FUSS' (ON THE ARTIST'S MOUNT)
FROTTAGE AND PEN AND INK ON PAPER
12 3/8 X 18 3/4IN. (31.4 X 47.5CM.) SUBJECT 19 1/8 X 24 3/4IN. (48.5 X 62.7CM.) MOUNT
EXECUTED IN 1930

Provenance

HERMANN RUPF, BERNE
KAY HILLMAN, NEW YORK
ROBERT FRASER, NEW YORK
ANNELY JUDA FINE ART, LONDON

Literature

W. GROHMANN, KLEE HANDZEICHNUNGEN 1921-1930, BERLIN 1934, NO. 15.

Lot Essay

THE INSCRIPTION 'S. CL.' ON THE MOUNT INDICATES SONDER CLASSE (THE ARTIST'S WAY OF SPELLING THE WORD), A CLASSIFICATON BY THE ARTIST WITHIN HIS OEUVRE OF WORKS THAT HE CONSIDERED TO BE OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY AND THAT, IF POSSIBLE, HE DID NOT WISH TO SELL.

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