Lot Essay
The Paul Klee Stiftung, Bern, has confirmed the authenticity of this gouache.
Pastoral
Details
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Pastoral
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated and numbered on the artist's mount '1938 D4' (lower left); and titled 'pastoral' (lower right)
gouache on tan paper mounted by the artist on paper
Image size: 19 x 13 in. (50.2 x 35 cm.)
Mount size: 26.5/8 x 18 in. (67.7 x 47.6 cm.)
Painted in 1938
Pastoral
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated and numbered on the artist's mount '1938 D4' (lower left); and titled 'pastoral' (lower right)
gouache on tan paper mounted by the artist on paper
Image size: 19 x 13 in. (50.2 x 35 cm.)
Mount size: 26.5/8 x 18 in. (67.7 x 47.6 cm.)
Painted in 1938
Provenance
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1954)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1955
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 1954)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1955
Exhibited
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee, 1954, no. 42.
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum (on loan).
Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum (on loan).