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Auction archive: Lot number 130

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
ca. US$251,448 - US$377,173
Price realised:
£225,000
ca. US$282,880
Auction archive: Lot number 130

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Estimate
£200,000 - £300,000
ca. US$251,448 - US$377,173
Price realised:
£225,000
ca. US$282,880
Beschreibung:

Paul Klee (1879-1940) Drama Aktschluss (Drama, End of Act) signed 'Klee' (lower left), inscribed 'Schlussszene eines Dramas' (upper centre), dated, numbered and inscribed '1920.162. Drama Aktschluss' (on the artist’s mount; lower left) watercolour and pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist’s mount image: 7 ¼ x 11 1/8 in. (18.5 x 28.3 cm.) artist's mount: 10 3/8 x 13 ½ in. (26.5 x 34.4 cm.) Executed in 1920 Provenance Emmy 'Galka' Scheyer, San Francisco & Los Angeles, 1928-1931. Charlotte Mack, San Francisco, by 1931. Herschel B. Freeman, until 1961. Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York, in 1961. Taft Schreiber, Beverly Hills, by whom acquired in 1961. Gallery Stephen Hahn, New York, until 1972. Berggruen & Cie, Paris, 1972-1975. Joachim Hermann, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s. Geerte Murmann, Troisdorf, a gift from the above in 1986, and thence by descent to the present owners.

Auction archive: Lot number 130
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

Paul Klee (1879-1940) Drama Aktschluss (Drama, End of Act) signed 'Klee' (lower left), inscribed 'Schlussszene eines Dramas' (upper centre), dated, numbered and inscribed '1920.162. Drama Aktschluss' (on the artist’s mount; lower left) watercolour and pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist’s mount image: 7 ¼ x 11 1/8 in. (18.5 x 28.3 cm.) artist's mount: 10 3/8 x 13 ½ in. (26.5 x 34.4 cm.) Executed in 1920 Provenance Emmy 'Galka' Scheyer, San Francisco & Los Angeles, 1928-1931. Charlotte Mack, San Francisco, by 1931. Herschel B. Freeman, until 1961. Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York, in 1961. Taft Schreiber, Beverly Hills, by whom acquired in 1961. Gallery Stephen Hahn, New York, until 1972. Berggruen & Cie, Paris, 1972-1975. Joachim Hermann, by whom acquired from the above in the 1970s. Geerte Murmann, Troisdorf, a gift from the above in 1986, and thence by descent to the present owners.

Auction archive: Lot number 130
Auction:
Datum:
19 Jun 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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