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Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from the Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Bern, dated Bern, 29. July 1989.
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Närrisch
titled, dated and numbered '1935 5 Närrisch' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 11 x 7 1/8in. (28 x 18cm.)
Mount: 15¼ x 11in. (39 x 28cm.)
Executed in 1935
Närrisch
titled, dated and numbered '1935 5 Närrisch' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 11 x 7 1/8in. (28 x 18cm.)
Mount: 15¼ x 11in. (39 x 28cm.)
Executed in 1935
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale room notice
Please note the work is not laid down on the artist's mount, as incorrectly stated in the catalogue, but attached at the four reverse sheet corners.
Please note the Provenance for this lot:
Werner Allenbach, Berne (until 1959).
Berggruen & Cie, Paris.
Brook Street Gallery, London.
Merton Simpson.
Alan Auslander Gallery, New York.
Bess. J. Cohen.
Estate of Bess J. Cohen (until 1980).
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York (1980).
John Torson, New York.
Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Dusseldorf.
Anon. sale, Verrieres-le-Buisson, Htel de Ventes, 18. Nov. 1989, lot 71.
Anon. sale, Cornette-de-Saint Cyr, 7. June 1994, lot 78.
Please note the following literature reference for the work:
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, Cologne, 1959 (p. 36).
Please note the Provenance for this lot:
Werner Allenbach, Berne (until 1959).
Berggruen & Cie, Paris.
Brook Street Gallery, London.
Merton Simpson.
Alan Auslander Gallery, New York.
Bess. J. Cohen.
Estate of Bess J. Cohen (until 1980).
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York (1980).
John Torson, New York.
Wolfgang Wittrock Kunsthandel, Dusseldorf.
Anon. sale, Verrieres-le-Buisson, Htel de Ventes, 18. Nov. 1989, lot 71.
Anon. sale, Cornette-de-Saint Cyr, 7. June 1994, lot 78.
Please note the following literature reference for the work:
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, Cologne, 1959 (p. 36).