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Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from Dr Joseph Helfenstein and Dr Michael Baumgartner of the Paul Klee-Stiftung dated Berne, 26 October 1999.
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Es wird regnen
signed 'Klee' (upper right); titled, numbered and dated '1939 J 18 es wird regnen' (along the lower edge of the artist's mount)
watercolour, brush and brown ink and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 10½ x 85/8in. (26.7 x 22cm.)
artist's mount: 17 x 13¾ in. (43.2 x 34.9 cm.)
Es wird regnen
signed 'Klee' (upper right); titled, numbered and dated '1939 J 18 es wird regnen' (along the lower edge of the artist's mount)
watercolour, brush and brown ink and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 10½ x 85/8in. (26.7 x 22cm.)
artist's mount: 17 x 13¾ in. (43.2 x 34.9 cm.)
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, 1955.
Edith Ferry Hooper, Baltimore and Detroit, 1956.
Allan D. Emil, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 May 1962, lot 11.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1963.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, 1955.
Edith Ferry Hooper, Baltimore and Detroit, 1956.
Allan D. Emil, New York; sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 16 May 1962, lot 11.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1963.
Exhibited
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Paul Klee, neue Werke, February-March 1940, no. 71 (illustrated).
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, January-February 1963, no. 37.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings, January-February 1963, no. 37.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.