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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Bunte Landschaft
signed, dated and inscribed 'Klee 1928 E 2' (upper right); signed and dated again, titled and inscribed '1928. E 2. bunte Landschaft Klee Notiz! Tempera! unter Glas zu halten!!' (on the stretcher)
oil and tempera on incised plaster on board mounted by the artist to the stretcher
8 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. (21.4 x 36 cm.)
Executed in 1928
Provenance
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin and Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist, 1928).
Alex Vömel, Dusseldorf (on consignment from the artist, until sold November 1934).
(possibly) Hermann Lange, Krefeld.
Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich.
Private collection, Germany (acquired from the above, 1982); sale, Christie’s, London, 8 December 1999, lot 64.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
C. Rümelin, "Klees Umgang mit seinem eigenen Oeuvre" in Balingen, 2001, p. 219, no. 78.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, vol. 5, p. 243, no. 4684 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, p. 207).
Exhibited
Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Paul Klee R. Sintenis, December 1928, no. 38.
Paris, Galerie Georges Bernheim et Cie, Paul Klee February 1929, no. 37.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee October-November 1929, no. 103.
Dusseldorf, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee Aquarelle, Zeichnungen und Graphik aus 25 Jahren, February-March 1930, p. 7, no. 29 (dated 1914).
Dusseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen and Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee June-July 1931, p. 10, no. 57.
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