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LINES OF LIGHT: KLEE AND FEININGER FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN COLLECTION
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Die Citadelle
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Die Citadelle
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and inscribed 'S Cl 1929 R.7 die Citadelle' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on gesso-primed burlap laid down on the artist's mount
image: 10 7⁄8 x 19 ¾ in. (27.7 x 50.3 cm.)
artist's mount: 16 7⁄8 x 24 1⁄8 in. (42.9 x 61.2 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Die Citadelle
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and inscribed 'S Cl 1929 R.7 die Citadelle' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on gesso-primed burlap laid down on the artist's mount
image: 10 7⁄8 x 19 ¾ in. (27.7 x 50.3 cm.)
artist's mount: 16 7⁄8 x 24 1⁄8 in. (42.9 x 61.2 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
Fritz Bienert, Dresden & Berlin, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1930.
Reid & Lefevre, London.
Private collection, Berlin, by 1960.
Galerie Nathan, Zurich.
Heinz Berggruen, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1983.
Richard L. Feigen, New York.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 27 March 1987.
Seibu Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo.
Private collection, Zurich, by 1995.
Private collection, Italy.
Reid & Lefevre, London.
Private collection, Berlin, by 1960.
Galerie Nathan, Zurich.
Heinz Berggruen, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1983.
Richard L. Feigen, New York.
Acquavella Galleries, New York, by whom acquired from the above on 27 March 1987.
Seibu Contemporary Gallery, Tokyo.
Private collection, Zurich, by 1995.
Private collection, Italy.
Literature
H. Nishida, Paul Klee's "Landscape": Thoughts on Klee's Materials and Techniques, 1999, no. 24 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, no. 4843, p. 296 (illustrated).
A. Dehmer & S. Pliess, Dokumente zur Ägyptenreise von Paul Klee, exh. cat., Dresden, 2014, pp. 40-62 & 58.
C. Healey, Knotted, Woven, Unraveling: Textile as Structure in the Work of Paul Klee, in B. Dogramaci, ed., “Textile Moderne / Textile Modernism: 3”, Cologne, 2019, pp. 119-130.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, no. 4843, p. 296 (illustrated).
A. Dehmer & S. Pliess, Dokumente zur Ägyptenreise von Paul Klee, exh. cat., Dresden, 2014, pp. 40-62 & 58.
C. Healey, Knotted, Woven, Unraveling: Textile as Structure in the Work of Paul Klee, in B. Dogramaci, ed., “Textile Moderne / Textile Modernism: 3”, Cologne, 2019, pp. 119-130.
Exhibited
Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Aquarelle von Paul Klee, October - November 1929, no. 80.
Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Paul Klee zum 50. Geburtstag, Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1920-1929, February - March 1930, no. 96.
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Paul Klee, September - October 1953, no. 18a.
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus Berliner Privatbesitz, February – March 1960, no. 63.
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Klee, Tanguy, Miró, Tres visions del paisatge, November 1999 - January 2000, no. 25, p. 165 (illustrated p. 52); this exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, March - May 2000; and Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, June - July 2000.
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Paul Klee - Sonderklasse, unverkäuflich, October 2014 – February 2015, no. 200 (illustrated); this exhibtion later travelled to Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, March - May 2015.
Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Paul Klee zum 50. Geburtstag, Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1920-1929, February - March 1930, no. 96.
New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Paul Klee, September - October 1953, no. 18a.
Berlin, Haus am Waldsee, Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus Berliner Privatbesitz, February – March 1960, no. 63.
Barcelona, Fundació Joan Miró, Klee, Tanguy, Miró, Tres visions del paisatge, November 1999 - January 2000, no. 25, p. 165 (illustrated p. 52); this exhibition later travelled to Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, March - May 2000; and Budapest, Szépmüvészeti Múzeum, June - July 2000.
Bern, Zentrum Paul Klee, Paul Klee - Sonderklasse, unverkäuflich, October 2014 – February 2015, no. 200 (illustrated); this exhibtion later travelled to Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, March - May 2015.
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