Lot Essay
Sold with a photo-certificate from the Paul-Klee-Stiftung, Bern, dated 29. Juni 1995. The work is recorded as 1939, 11168 (LM 8) in the archives.
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Vor - und nachmachen
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Vor - und nachmachen
signed 'Klee' (lower centre); titled, numbered and dated '1939 LM8 vor- und nachmachen' (on the artist's mount)
charcoal and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 11½ x 8 1/8in. (29.2 x 20.3cm.)
Mount: 19¾ x 13¾in. (50 x 35cm.)
Executed in 1939
Vor - und nachmachen
signed 'Klee' (lower centre); titled, numbered and dated '1939 LM8 vor- und nachmachen' (on the artist's mount)
charcoal and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Image: 11½ x 8 1/8in. (29.2 x 20.3cm.)
Mount: 19¾ x 13¾in. (50 x 35cm.)
Executed in 1939
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (by 1940).
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 03275).
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (no. 03275).
Exhibited
Zurich, Graphische Sammlung, ETH Zurich, Gedächtnisausstellung Paul Klee 1879-1940, Oct.-Dec. 1940, no. 148.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
Please note that the correct medium for this work is pencil and ink on paper, and not charcoal and ink on paper, as stated in the catalogue.