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AN EYE FOR THE SUBLIME: THE RENKER COLLECTION
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Gebärde eines Tieres
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Gebärde eines Tieres
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed 'S.Cl. 1930. OE. 1. Gebärde eines Tieres' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 13 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (33.5 x 21 cm.)
artist's mount: 18 x 12 ¾ in. (45.7 x 32.5 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Gebärde eines Tieres
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed 'S.Cl. 1930. OE. 1. Gebärde eines Tieres' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour, brush and ink and pencil on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 13 ¼ x 8 ¼ in. (33.5 x 21 cm.)
artist's mount: 18 x 12 ¾ in. (45.7 x 32.5 cm.)
Executed in 1930
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern, by descent from the artist.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1946.
Werner Allenbach, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1953, until 1958.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by 1958.
Acquired from the above on 7 September 1966, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1946.
Werner Allenbach, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1953, until 1958.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, by 1958.
Acquired from the above on 7 September 1966, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee: Handzeichnungen II 1921-1930, Bergen, 1948, no. 106.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, no. 5390, p. 528 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, no. 5390, p. 528 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Exhibited
Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, Animaux dans l'art de Paul Klee, Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, Summer 1964, no. 48, n.p. (with incorrect medium).
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Paul Klee: Sonderklasse, Unverkäuflich, October 2014 - February 2015, no. 250, pp. 431 & 557 (illustrated p. 431; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, March - May 2015.
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Paul Klee: Sonderklasse, Unverkäuflich, October 2014 - February 2015, no. 250, pp. 431 & 557 (illustrated p. 431; with incorrect medium); this exhibition later travelled to Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, March - May 2015.
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