Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Glastiere
signed 'Klee' (lower right), and dated '1922 8/12' (upper center); dated again, numbered and inscribed '1922. 242. Glastiere' (on the mount)
pencil on paper laid down by the artist on board
Sheet size: 7½ x 7 7/8 in. (19 x 20 cm.)
Mount size: 9¾ x 11 1/8 in. (24.8 x 28.4 cm.)
Drawn in 1922
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (1940).
Mme Lambrichs-Haardt, Brussels.
Louis de Strycker, Brussels; sale, Christie's, London, 1 July 1999, lot 890.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam and Berlin, 1934, no. 102.
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees. Eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, dissertation, Bonn, 1968, p. 79.
Exhibited
Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Gedächtnisausstellung Paul Klee, November-December 1940, no. 206.

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