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LINES OF LIGHT: KLEE AND FEININGER FROM AN IMPORTANT ITALIAN COLLECTION
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Kleine Erinnerung an Nymphenburg
Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Kleine Erinnerung an Nymphenburg
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1921 / 94 kl. Erinnerung an Nymphenburg' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 6 1⁄8 x 4 7⁄8 in. (15.4 x 12.4 cm.)
artist's mount: 8 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 in. (20.4 x 15.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Kleine Erinnerung an Nymphenburg
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1921 / 94 kl. Erinnerung an Nymphenburg' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 6 1⁄8 x 4 7⁄8 in. (15.4 x 12.4 cm.)
artist's mount: 8 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄8 in. (20.4 x 15.6 cm.)
Executed in 1921
Provenance
Dewees Helbeck (née Cochran), Berlin & New York, by whom probably acquired directly from the artist in 1930, via the intermediation of Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, and until at least 1935.
Lilienfeld Galleries, New York.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr, New York & Warrenton, by whom acquired from the above by 1937; his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 22 March 1945, lot 44.
Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Michigan, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 1996, lot 208.
Private collection, Italy, by whom probably acquired at the above sale.
Lilienfeld Galleries, New York.
Walter P. Chrysler, Jr, New York & Warrenton, by whom acquired from the above by 1937; his sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 22 March 1945, lot 44.
Nierendorf Gallery, New York.
Private collection, Michigan, by whom acquired from the above; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 1996, lot 208.
Private collection, Italy, by whom probably acquired at the above sale.
Literature
Der Ararat, vol. 2, no. 3, Munich, 1921, p. 296 (illustrated).
A. Janda, 'Paul Klee und Nationalgalerie 1919-1937' in Paul Klee, Vorträge der wissenschaftlichen Konferenz in Dresden, 19. und 20. Dezember 1984, Dresden, 1984, p. 48.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1919-1922, Bern, 1999, no. 2685, p. 314 (illustrated)
A. Janda, 'Paul Klee und Nationalgalerie 1919-1937' in Paul Klee, Vorträge der wissenschaftlichen Konferenz in Dresden, 19. und 20. Dezember 1984, Dresden, 1984, p. 48.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. III, 1919-1922, Bern, 1999, no. 2685, p. 314 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Hans Goltz, Zehn Jahre Neue Kunst in München, erster Teil: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Graphik, November - December 1922, no. 165, p. 11.
Berlin, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Vision und Formgesetz, September 1930, nos. 8-13, p. 13.
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Selected Exhibition of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection, October 1937, no. 153, p. 27 (with inverted dimensions).
New York, The Buchholz Gallery, Paul Klee, March - April 1938, no. 13.
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, Paul Klee, Memorial Exhibition, January 1941, no. 17, p. 9; this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, January - February 1941; Portland, The Portland Art Museum, March - April 1941; San Francisco, The San Francisco Museum of Art, April - May 1941; Los Angeles, Stendhal Galleries, May 1941; and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, June - July 1941.
Berlin, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Vision und Formgesetz, September 1930, nos. 8-13, p. 13.
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Selected Exhibition of the Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Collection, October 1937, no. 153, p. 27 (with inverted dimensions).
New York, The Buchholz Gallery, Paul Klee, March - April 1938, no. 13.
Northampton, Smith College Museum of Art, Paul Klee, Memorial Exhibition, January 1941, no. 17, p. 9; this exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, January - February 1941; Portland, The Portland Art Museum, March - April 1941; San Francisco, The San Francisco Museum of Art, April - May 1941; Los Angeles, Stendhal Galleries, May 1941; and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, June - July 1941.
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