PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Sein Schatten
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and titled '1934 K 17 sein Schatten' (on the artist's mount)
colored paste on paper laid down on card
Sheet size: 12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (31.4 x 48 cm.)
Mount size: 13 1/2 x 20 in. (34.3 x 50.9 cm.)
Painted in 1934
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (by 1960).
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York (from whom stolen, 1988).
Private collection, New York.
Bronxville Art Center, New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above).
Recovered by the Art Loss Register, 2022, and offered on behalf of insurers.
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, Bonn, 2004, vol. 7, p. 51, no. 6575 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., XIX and XX Century Drawings, Watercolours and XX Century Sculpture, February-March 1960, no. 42a (illustrated).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Drawings, Watercolours, Collages: Expressionism, Bauhaus, Dada, January 1966, no. 36 (illustrated).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Paul Klee June-July 1966, no. 50 (illustrated).
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee October-November 1969, no. 45 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Paul Klee September-October 1978, no. 34 (illustrated).
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Sein Schatten
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and titled '1934 K 17 sein Schatten' (on the artist's mount)
colored paste on paper laid down on card
Sheet size: 12 3/8 x 18 7/8 in. (31.4 x 48 cm.)
Mount size: 13 1/2 x 20 in. (34.3 x 50.9 cm.)
Painted in 1934
Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (by 1960).
Marlborough Gallery, Inc., New York (from whom stolen, 1988).
Private collection, New York.
Bronxville Art Center, New York.
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above).
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the above).
Recovered by the Art Loss Register, 2022, and offered on behalf of insurers.
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, Bonn, 2004, vol. 7, p. 51, no. 6575 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., XIX and XX Century Drawings, Watercolours and XX Century Sculpture, February-March 1960, no. 42a (illustrated).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Drawings, Watercolours, Collages: Expressionism, Bauhaus, Dada, January 1966, no. 36 (illustrated).
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., Paul Klee June-July 1966, no. 50 (illustrated).
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee October-November 1969, no. 45 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Paul Klee September-October 1978, no. 34 (illustrated).
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