Lot Essay
The Paul Klee-Stiftung has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.
PROPERTY OF
BILLY WILDER
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Abfahrender Dampfer
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Abfahrender Dampfer
signed, dated and numbered bottom right 'Klee 1927 H8'--signed, dated and numbered again and titled on the stretcher 'Klee 1927 H8 Abfahrender Dumpfer.'
oil on board laid down by the artist on board
9 1/8 x 15½in. (23.3 x 39.4cm.)
Painted in 1927
Abfahrender Dampfer
signed, dated and numbered bottom right 'Klee 1927 H8'--signed, dated and numbered again and titled on the stretcher 'Klee 1927 H8 Abfahrender Dumpfer.'
oil on board laid down by the artist on board
9 1/8 x 15½in. (23.3 x 39.4cm.)
Painted in 1927
Provenance
Dr. Schorr, Hamburg
Dr. Karl Eberhard Schorr, Hannover
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf (1959)
Dr. Karl Eberhard Schorr, Hannover
Galerie Wilhelm Grosshennig, Düsseldorf (1959)
Literature
Oeuvre-Katalog Klee, 1927, no. 178 (H.8)
Exhibited
Santa Barbara, University of California, Art Gallery, Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wilder, Oct.-Nov., 1966, no. 25
Des Moines, Art Center, Paul Klee, Paintings and Watercolors from the Bauhaus Years, 1921-1931, Sept.-Oct., 1973, no. 34 (illustrated in color)
Des Moines, Art Center, Paul Klee, Paintings and Watercolors from the Bauhaus Years, 1921-1931, Sept.-Oct., 1973, no. 34 (illustrated in color)