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AN EYE FOR THE SUBLIME: THE RENKER COLLECTION
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Stierkopf
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Stierkopf
signed 'Klee' (lower left)
watercolour, pen and ink and coloured crayons on paper
13 ¼ x 19 in. (33.5 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1931
Stierkopf
signed 'Klee' (lower left)
watercolour, pen and ink and coloured crayons on paper
13 ¼ x 19 in. (33.5 x 48.3 cm.)
Executed in 1931
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern, by descent from the artist.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1946.
Rolf Bürgi, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1953.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (no. 4406), by whom acquired from the above in April 1965.
Acquired from the above on 18 October 1965, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1946.
Rolf Bürgi, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1953.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (no. 4406), by whom acquired from the above in April 1965.
Acquired from the above on 18 October 1965, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
D. Cooper, Paul Klee, London, 1949, p. 16 (illustrated pl. 4; with incorrect medium).
J. Spiller, Paul Klee, Das Bildnerische Denken, Basel, 1956, p. 527 (illustrated p. 439).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, vol. VI, 1931-1933, Bern, 2002, no. 5518, p. 78 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
C. Hopfengart, '"Der Maler von heute" Paul Klee im Dialog mit Pablo Picasso', in Klee trifft Picasso, exh. cat., Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2010, no. 16, p. 44 (illustrated).
J. Spiller, Paul Klee, Das Bildnerische Denken, Basel, 1956, p. 527 (illustrated p. 439).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, vol. VI, 1931-1933, Bern, 2002, no. 5518, p. 78 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
C. Hopfengart, '"Der Maler von heute" Paul Klee im Dialog mit Pablo Picasso', in Klee trifft Picasso, exh. cat., Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, 2010, no. 16, p. 44 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, The National Gallery, Paul Klee, December 1945 - February 1946, no. 106, p. 7 (with incorrect medium).
Norwich, Castle Museum, Paul Klee, May - June 1946, no. 41, p. 9 (illustrated pl. 4; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, June 1946; Stoke-on-trent, Hanley Public Museum and Art Gallery, July 1946; Aberdeen, Art Gallery and Industrial Museum, August 1946; Liverpool, Bluecoat Chambers, August - September 1946; and Manchester, City Art Gallery, September - October 1946.
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee, Ausstellung aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen, Zum 10 Todestag 29 Juni 1950, June - August 1950, no. 42, p. 21 (with incorrect medium).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee, The Later Work, June - September 1965, no. 2, n.p. (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Norwich, Castle Museum, Paul Klee, May - June 1946, no. 41, p. 9 (illustrated pl. 4; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Sheffield, Graves Art Gallery, June 1946; Stoke-on-trent, Hanley Public Museum and Art Gallery, July 1946; Aberdeen, Art Gallery and Industrial Museum, August 1946; Liverpool, Bluecoat Chambers, August - September 1946; and Manchester, City Art Gallery, September - October 1946.
Basel, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee, Ausstellung aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen, Zum 10 Todestag 29 Juni 1950, June - August 1950, no. 42, p. 21 (with incorrect medium).
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee, The Later Work, June - September 1965, no. 2, n.p. (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
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