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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Gaby
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and inscribed '1934 M9 Gaby' (on the artist's mount)
pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 8¼ x 11 5/8 in. (21.1 x 29.6 cm.)
mount: 13¾ x 18 7/8 in. (34.9 x 48 cm.)
Drawn in 1934
Gaby
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and inscribed '1934 M9 Gaby' (on the artist's mount)
pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 8¼ x 11 5/8 in. (21.1 x 29.6 cm.)
mount: 13¾ x 18 7/8 in. (34.9 x 48 cm.)
Drawn in 1934
Provenance
Hannah Bürgi-Bigler, Bern, until 1938.
Rolf & Catherine E. Bürgi, Bern, from 1938-1953.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1953.
James Wise, Geneva, New York & Nice, from 1953.
Galerie Gasser, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in 1956.
Rolf & Catherine E. Bürgi, Bern, from 1938-1953.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, 1953.
James Wise, Geneva, New York & Nice, from 1953.
Galerie Gasser, Zurich.
Acquired from the above by Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim in 1956.
Literature
"Paul Klee. Der Künstler und die Sammlerin", in Du, vol. 60, no. 12 (illustrated).
S. Frey, "Hanna Bürgi-Bigler: Sammlerin und Mäzenin Paul Klees", in exh. cat. Paul Klee. Die Sammlung Bürgi, Bern, 2000, p. 22.
Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 7, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 6607 (illustrated p. 61).
S. Frey, "Hanna Bürgi-Bigler: Sammlerin und Mäzenin Paul Klees", in exh. cat. Paul Klee. Die Sammlung Bürgi, Bern, 2000, p. 22.
Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 7, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 6607 (illustrated p. 61).
Exhibited
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee. Leihgabe der Frau H. Bürgi und Besitz des Kunstmuseums, 1937, no. 52.
St Gallen, Historisches Museum St Gallen, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, January - February 1971, no. 74.
St Gallen, Historisches Museum St Gallen, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, January - February 1971, no. 74.
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