Lot Essay
A photo-certificate from Josef Helfenstein and Michael Baumgartner of the Paul Klee-Stiftung dated Bern, September 9, 1996 accompanies this watercolor.
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Station der Hochbahn
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Station der Hochbahn
signed bottom right 'Klee', dated lower left '1923/4/12'--dated again, numbered and titled on the mount '1923 127 Station der Hochbahn'
watercolor, pen and black ink over pencil on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 5¼ x 9½in. (13.4 x 24.2cm.)
Mount size: 6¼ x 10½in. (16 x 26.7cm.)
Painted on December 4, 1923
Station der Hochbahn
signed bottom right 'Klee', dated lower left '1923/4/12'--dated again, numbered and titled on the mount '1923 127 Station der Hochbahn'
watercolor, pen and black ink over pencil on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 5¼ x 9½in. (13.4 x 24.2cm.)
Mount size: 6¼ x 10½in. (16 x 26.7cm.)
Painted on December 4, 1923
Provenance
World House Galleries, New York (acquired by the family of the present owner, 1960)
Literature
Oeuvre-Katalog Klee, 1923, no. 127
Exhibited
New York, World House Galleries, Modern German Art, Oct.-Dec., 1958, no. 64 (illustrated)
New York, World House Galleries, Paul Klee, March-April, 1960 Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Las Colecciones Privadas en Venezuela, 1960
Cincinnati, Art Museum, 1961, no. 10 (illustrated)
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Paul Klee, July, 1969, no. 2
New York, World House Galleries, Paul Klee, March-April, 1960 Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Las Colecciones Privadas en Venezuela, 1960
Cincinnati, Art Museum, 1961, no. 10 (illustrated)
Caracas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Paul Klee, July, 1969, no. 2