Paul Klee (1879-1940) Elefantengruppe (Group of elephants), 1917 Pencil on paper Signed and dated on the top left Signed and titled on the bottom center 15,9 x 15,2 cm Provenance : - Sturmkollektion, December 1917 - Lily Klee collection, Bern (1940-1946) - Collection Klee Gesellschaft, Berlin (1946-1950) - Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery) - Berlin / New - York (from 1950) - Private collection USA - Galerie des Arts Plastiques Modernes, Paris Private collection, Paris Exhibitions : - London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, "Fifty drawings by Paul Klee Collection of Curt Valentin, New York", November-December 1953, n°9 - Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Paul Klee. Max Beckmann ", January 17 - February 21, 1954, n°9 - Berlin, Galerie Schuler," Paul Klee Handzeichnungen ", spring 1954, n°9 - Bowdoin, Brunswick, Bowdoin College Museum of Art," Collecting privately ", July 1965, n°39 Bibliography : J. Helfenstein, C. Rumelin, O. Okuda," Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné ", volume 2, 1913-1918, Edition Thames & Hudson, London, 2000, reproduced under n°1845 p. 433
Paul Klee (1879-1940) Elefantengruppe (Group of elephants), 1917 Pencil on paper Signed and dated on the top left Signed and titled on the bottom center 15,9 x 15,2 cm Provenance : - Sturmkollektion, December 1917 - Lily Klee collection, Bern (1940-1946) - Collection Klee Gesellschaft, Berlin (1946-1950) - Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery) - Berlin / New - York (from 1950) - Private collection USA - Galerie des Arts Plastiques Modernes, Paris Private collection, Paris Exhibitions : - London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, "Fifty drawings by Paul Klee Collection of Curt Valentin, New York", November-December 1953, n°9 - Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Paul Klee. Max Beckmann ", January 17 - February 21, 1954, n°9 - Berlin, Galerie Schuler," Paul Klee Handzeichnungen ", spring 1954, n°9 - Bowdoin, Brunswick, Bowdoin College Museum of Art," Collecting privately ", July 1965, n°39 Bibliography : J. Helfenstein, C. Rumelin, O. Okuda," Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné ", volume 2, 1913-1918, Edition Thames & Hudson, London, 2000, reproduced under n°1845 p. 433
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