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Auction archive: Lot number 127

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Estimate
US$600,000 - US$800,000
Price realised:
US$819,000
Auction archive: Lot number 127

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Estimate
US$600,000 - US$800,000
Price realised:
US$819,000
Beschreibung:

Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Die Schlange auf der Leiter
signed 'Klee' (lower right)
oil, watercolor and pen and ink on paper laid down by the artist on board, nailed down by the artist on a stretcher and in the artist's frame
11 3/4 x 18 7/8 in. (29.8 x 47.8 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
With Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin and Düsseldorf (1930, until at least 1932).
With the Mayor Gallery, London (circa 1933-1935).
Peter Watson, London and Paris (acquired from the artist, May 1939).
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and transferred to the Jeu de Paume (ERR no. Watson 3) (1 January 1941).
Intended for transfer to Nikolsburg, Moravia (1 August 1944).
Recovered by the French Resistance, and restituted by the Commission de Récupération Artistique to Peter Watson, London and Paris, (29 December 1945, until at least 1954).
Philip Granville Modern Paintings, London (until 1955).
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (1955, until 1956).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Harold Diamond, New York (until 1971).
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1971).
Private collection, Paris (acquired from the above, 1971).
Private collection, London (acquired from the above); sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 48C.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
R. Vitrac, "A propos des oeuvres récentes Paul Klee" in Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1930, no. 6, p. 301 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, Histoire de l'art contemporain, Paris, 1938, p. 404 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee New York, 1954, p. 416, no. 289 (illustrated, p. 238).
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees: eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Bonn, 1968, p. 70.
M. Huggler, Paul Klee Die malerei als blick in den kosmos, Frauenfeld, 1969, pp. 109, 221 and 254, no. 13 (illustrated).
C. Müller, Das Zeichen in Bild und Teorie bei Paul Klee Dissertation, Technische Universität Munich, 1979, p. 127 (illustrated).
A. Janda, "Paul Klee und Nationalgalerie 1919-1937" in Akten, Dresden, 1986, p. 49.
O. Okuda, Paul Klee exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bern, 2000, p. 226 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, vol. 5, p. 405, no. 5096 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Paul Klee June-July 1931, p. 11, no. 75.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee Neue bilder und aquarelle, November-December 1931, no. 1.
Oslo, Kunstnernes hus, Nyere tysk kunst: maleri og skulptur, January 1932, no. 86.
Copenhagen, Den frie udstilling, Nyere tysk kunst, May 1932, no. 99.
Berlin, Preussische Akademie der Künste, Herbstausstellung, October-November 1932, no. 94.
Berlin, Berliner Secession, Frühjahrs-Ausstellung, May-July 1933, no. 35.
London, The Mayor Gallery, A Survey of Contemporary Art, October 1933, no. 18 (dated 1932).
Kunsthalle Bern, Paul Klee February-March 1935, p. 5, no. 45.
Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee October-November 1935, p. 5, no. 36.
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Paul Klee Fritz huf April-June 1936, p. 4, no. 32.
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.

Auction archive: Lot number 127
Auction:
Datum:
10 Nov 2022
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
Beschreibung:

Details
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Die Schlange auf der Leiter
signed 'Klee' (lower right)
oil, watercolor and pen and ink on paper laid down by the artist on board, nailed down by the artist on a stretcher and in the artist's frame
11 3/4 x 18 7/8 in. (29.8 x 47.8 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
With Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin and Düsseldorf (1930, until at least 1932).
With the Mayor Gallery, London (circa 1933-1935).
Peter Watson, London and Paris (acquired from the artist, May 1939).
Confiscated from the above by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg and transferred to the Jeu de Paume (ERR no. Watson 3) (1 January 1941).
Intended for transfer to Nikolsburg, Moravia (1 August 1944).
Recovered by the French Resistance, and restituted by the Commission de Récupération Artistique to Peter Watson, London and Paris, (29 December 1945, until at least 1954).
Philip Granville Modern Paintings, London (until 1955).
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (1955, until 1956).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.
Harold Diamond, New York (until 1971).
Berggruen et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1971).
Private collection, Paris (acquired from the above, 1971).
Private collection, London (acquired from the above); sale, Christie’s, New York, 12 May 2016, lot 48C.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
R. Vitrac, "A propos des oeuvres récentes Paul Klee" in Cahiers d'Art, Paris, 1930, no. 6, p. 301 (illustrated).
C. Zervos, Histoire de l'art contemporain, Paris, 1938, p. 404 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee New York, 1954, p. 416, no. 289 (illustrated, p. 238).
C. Kröll, Die Bildtitel Paul Klees: eine Studie zur Beziehung von Bild und Sprache in der Kunst des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts, Bonn, 1968, p. 70.
M. Huggler, Paul Klee Die malerei als blick in den kosmos, Frauenfeld, 1969, pp. 109, 221 and 254, no. 13 (illustrated).
C. Müller, Das Zeichen in Bild und Teorie bei Paul Klee Dissertation, Technische Universität Munich, 1979, p. 127 (illustrated).
A. Janda, "Paul Klee und Nationalgalerie 1919-1937" in Akten, Dresden, 1986, p. 49.
O. Okuda, Paul Klee exh. cat., Kunsthalle Bern, 2000, p. 226 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, vol. 5, p. 405, no. 5096 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Paul Klee June-July 1931, p. 11, no. 75.
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee Neue bilder und aquarelle, November-December 1931, no. 1.
Oslo, Kunstnernes hus, Nyere tysk kunst: maleri og skulptur, January 1932, no. 86.
Copenhagen, Den frie udstilling, Nyere tysk kunst, May 1932, no. 99.
Berlin, Preussische Akademie der Künste, Herbstausstellung, October-November 1932, no. 94.
Berlin, Berliner Secession, Frühjahrs-Ausstellung, May-July 1933, no. 35.
London, The Mayor Gallery, A Survey of Contemporary Art, October 1933, no. 18 (dated 1932).
Kunsthalle Bern, Paul Klee February-March 1935, p. 5, no. 45.
Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee October-November 1935, p. 5, no. 36.
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Paul Klee Fritz huf April-June 1936, p. 4, no. 32.
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.

Auction archive: Lot number 127
Auction:
Datum:
10 Nov 2022
Auction house:
Christie's
King Street, St. James's 8
London, SW1Y 6QT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7839 9060
+44 (0)20 73892869
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