Lot Essay
Josef Helfenstein and Stefan Frey of the Paul Klee-Stiftung have confirmed the authenticity of this drawing.
Grausamkert
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Grausamkert
titled, dated and numbered on the mount 'Grausamkert 1914 84'
pen and black ink on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 3¾ x 3½in. (9.5 x 9cm.)
Mount size: 11 x 10in. (28 x 25.5cm.)
Drawn in 1914
Grausamkert
titled, dated and numbered on the mount 'Grausamkert 1914 84'
pen and black ink on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 3¾ x 3½in. (9.5 x 9cm.)
Mount size: 11 x 10in. (28 x 25.5cm.)
Drawn in 1914
Provenance
Peridot Gallery, New York (acquired by the present owner, 1958)
Exhibited
Berlin, Kunstausstellung Der Sturm (Herwarth Walden), date unknown