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Sold with a photo-certificate from Stefan Frey and Josef Helfenstein of the Paul Klee Stiftung dated Bern, November 6, 1989.
Magdalena kurz vor der Bekehrung
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Magdalena kurz vor der Bekehrung
signed 'Klee' (upper left), dated, numbered and titled '1938 A 15 Magdalena vor der Bekehrung' (on the mount)
gouache with traces of pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
11½ x 8 1/8in. (29.2 x 20.6cm.) (subject)
18 5/8 c 13 5/8in. (47.2 x 34.5cm.) (mount)
Executed in 1938
Magdalena kurz vor der Bekehrung
signed 'Klee' (upper left), dated, numbered and titled '1938 A 15 Magdalena vor der Bekehrung' (on the mount)
gouache with traces of pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
11½ x 8 1/8in. (29.2 x 20.6cm.) (subject)
18 5/8 c 13 5/8in. (47.2 x 34.5cm.) (mount)
Executed in 1938
Provenance
Gallery Nierendorf, New York.
Mrs. Ruth McMaitland, Los Angeles.
Helen Serger (La Boetie) Inc., New York.
R. M. Light & Co. Inc., Los Angeles.
Mrs. Ruth McMaitland, Los Angeles.
Helen Serger (La Boetie) Inc., New York.
R. M. Light & Co. Inc., Los Angeles.
Literature
This work is recorded in the artist's Werkkatalog as no. 455 (A15).
Exhibited
Beverly Hills, Modern Institute of Art, Klee: 30 Years of Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings and Lithographs, 1948, no. 17.
Venice, Ca'Pesaro, Paul Klee nelle collezioni private, June-Oct. 1986, no. 145 (illustrated p. 200). This exhibition later travelled to Milan, Palazzo Reale.
Venice, Ca'Pesaro, Paul Klee nelle collezioni private, June-Oct. 1986, no. 145 (illustrated p. 200). This exhibition later travelled to Milan, Palazzo Reale.