Morgengrau

Details

Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Morgengrau
signed bottom left 'Klee', dated, numbered and titled on the mount '1932 B4 Morgengrau'
gouache on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 13 x 15 7/8in. (33.2 x 40.4cm.)
Mount size: 17¼ x 19 7/8in. (43.8 x 50.5cm.)
Painted in 1932

Provenance

Walter Feilchenfeldt, Zürich (acquired by Prof. and Mrs. Felix Bloch, 1968)

Literature

Oeuvre-Katalog Klee, 1932, no. 344 (B4)

Exhibited

Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, Paul Klee, July-Sept., 1945, no. 27 (illustrated)
Schaffhausen, Museum Allerheiligen, Paul Klee, 1951, number unknown Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee, Sept.-Nov., 1952, no. 72
Aarau, Kunsthaus, Aargauischer Kunstverein 1860-1960, Jubiläumsausstellung aus aargauischem Privatbesitz, Oct.-Nov., 1960, number unknown

Lot Essay

Professor Felix Bloch, the late owner of this gouache, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1952.

A photo-certificate from Josef Helfenstein and Michael Baumgartner of the Paul Klee-Stiftung dated Bern, June 25, 1997 accompanies this gouache.