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The Collection of Robert F. and Patricia G. Ross Weis
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Knabenbildnis
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Knabenbildnis
signed 'Klee' (upper right)
oil transfer and watercolor on Japan paper laid down on card
9 x 11 ¾ in. (22.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1920
Knabenbildnis
signed 'Klee' (upper right)
oil transfer and watercolor on Japan paper laid down on card
9 x 11 ¾ in. (22.8 x 29.8 cm.)
Executed in 1920
Provenance
Galerie Neue Kunst (Hans Goltz), Munich (acquired from the artist, May-June 1920).
J.B. Neumann, Berlin and New York (1921).
Karl Nierendorf, New York (by 1945).
Richard Shaw Sisson, Los Angeles and New York (by 1948, and until at least 1951).
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York (by 1980).
Galerie Springer, Berlin.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1981, lot 543.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
J.B. Neumann, Berlin and New York (1921).
Karl Nierendorf, New York (by 1945).
Richard Shaw Sisson, Los Angeles and New York (by 1948, and until at least 1951).
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York (by 1980).
Galerie Springer, Berlin.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 6 November 1981, lot 543.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist, no. 1920, 37.
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee: Handzeichnungen I, Kindheit bis 1920, Bern, 1973, pp. 259 and 279 (illustrated, p. 259).
J. Anger, Modernism and the Gendering of Paul Klee, Ph.D. diss., Brown University, Providence, 1997, pp. 207 and 381.
Paul Klee Stiftung, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1919-1922, Bern, 2000, vol. 3, pp. 165 and 199, no. 2382 (illustrated, p. 165).
D. Kupper, Paul Klee, Hamburg, 2011, p. 59.
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee: Handzeichnungen I, Kindheit bis 1920, Bern, 1973, pp. 259 and 279 (illustrated, p. 259).
J. Anger, Modernism and the Gendering of Paul Klee, Ph.D. diss., Brown University, Providence, 1997, pp. 207 and 381.
Paul Klee Stiftung, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, 1919-1922, Bern, 2000, vol. 3, pp. 165 and 199, no. 2382 (illustrated, p. 165).
D. Kupper, Paul Klee, Hamburg, 2011, p. 59.
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Neue Kunst, Paul Klee, May-June 1920, no. 250.
Berlin, Graphisches Kabinett J.B. Neumann, Klein Paul Klee, March-April 1921, no. 17.
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Works by Klee, March-April 1945, no. 13 (titled Girl with Yellow Head).
Beverly Hills, The Modern Institute of Art, Klee: 30 Years of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings and Lithographs by Paul Klee, September-October 1948, no. 35 (illustrated; dated 1922 and titled Girl with Yellow Hair).
Palm Beach, Society of the 4 Arts, Paintings by Paul Klee, March-April 1951, no. 18 (dated 1922 and titled Little Girl with Yellow Hair).
Berlin, Graphisches Kabinett J.B. Neumann, Klein Paul Klee, March-April 1921, no. 17.
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Works by Klee, March-April 1945, no. 13 (titled Girl with Yellow Head).
Beverly Hills, The Modern Institute of Art, Klee: 30 Years of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings and Lithographs by Paul Klee, September-October 1948, no. 35 (illustrated; dated 1922 and titled Girl with Yellow Hair).
Palm Beach, Society of the 4 Arts, Paintings by Paul Klee, March-April 1951, no. 18 (dated 1922 and titled Little Girl with Yellow Hair).
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Imogen Kerr
Vice President, Senior Specialist, Co-Head of 20th Century Evening Sale