Lot Essay
A photo-certificate from Josef Helfenstein of the Paul Klee-Stiftung dated Bern, 19 October 1988 accompanies this gouache.
Krbis flasche
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Klee, P.
Krbis flasche
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and titled '1934 R9 Krbis flasche' (on the mount)
gouache on tan paper mounted by the artist on board
Image size: 19.5/8 x 16 in. (49.5 x 41.9 cm.)
Mount size: 21 x 18 in. (55.2 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1934
Klee, P.
Krbis flasche
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and titled '1934 R9 Krbis flasche' (on the mount)
gouache on tan paper mounted by the artist on board
Image size: 19.5/8 x 16 in. (49.5 x 41.9 cm.)
Mount size: 21 x 18 in. (55.2 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1934
Provenance
Minami Gallery, Tokyo (1973)
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 15 November 1988, lot 159
Anon. sale, Christie's New York, 15 November 1988, lot 159
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, New York, 1954, p. 311.
Exhibited
Bern, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, February-March 1935, no. 242.
San Francisco, Museum of Art, August 1974-December 1975 (on loan).
San Francisco, Museum of Art, August 1974-December 1975 (on loan).