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LINES OF LIGHT: KLEE AND FEININGER FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN COLLECTION
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Vor der Blüte
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Vor der Blüte
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and inscribed '1924 235 vor der Blüte' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on white chalk-primed paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 5 ½ x 9 7⁄8 in. (14.1 x 25 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 ½ x 17 ½ in. (31.8 x 44.6 cm.)
Executed in 1924
Vor der Blüte
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and inscribed '1924 235 vor der Blüte' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on white chalk-primed paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 5 ½ x 9 7⁄8 in. (14.1 x 25 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 ½ x 17 ½ in. (31.8 x 44.6 cm.)
Executed in 1924
Provenance
Dora Taslakova, London, a gift from the artist in 1940.
Dimitar Taslakov, London, by descent from the above.
Christian & Yvonne Zervos, Paris, by whom acquired from the above circa 1956.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1966.
Galerie Marie-Louise Jeanneret, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above circa 1985.
Galerie de France, Paris, until 1994.
Private collection, France, by 2000.
Private collection, Italy.
Dimitar Taslakov, London, by descent from the above.
Christian & Yvonne Zervos, Paris, by whom acquired from the above circa 1956.
Private collection, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1966.
Galerie Marie-Louise Jeanneret, Geneva, by whom acquired from the above circa 1985.
Galerie de France, Paris, until 1994.
Private collection, France, by 2000.
Private collection, Italy.
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. IV, 1923-1926, Bern, 2000, no. 3607, p. 257 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Hans Goltz, Paul Klee, Zweite Gesamtausstellung 1920-1925, May - June 1925, no. 185.
Braunschweig, Schlossmuseum, Paul-Klee-Ausstellung, January - February 1926, no. 94.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung, April - May 1926, no. 75, p. 13.
Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, August-Ausstellung, August 1926, no. 131, p. 5.
Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Aquarelle von Paul Klee, October - November 1929, no. 40.
Braunschweig, Schlossmuseum, Paul-Klee-Ausstellung, January - February 1926, no. 94.
Zurich, Kunsthaus, Ausstellung, April - May 1926, no. 75, p. 13.
Wiesbaden, Neues Museum, August-Ausstellung, August 1926, no. 131, p. 5.
Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Aquarelle von Paul Klee, October - November 1929, no. 40.
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