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Auction archive: Lot number 181

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Estimate
US$400,000 - US$600,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 181

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Estimate
US$400,000 - US$600,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Paul Klee (1879-1940) Kirke signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and titled '1938 R3 KIRKE' (on the artist's mount) watercolor on primed burlap laid down on card Burlap size: 15 ½ x 16 in. (39.7 x 40.7 cm.) (irregular) Mount size: 20 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (50.9 x 49.2 cm.) Painted in 1938 Provenance (probably) Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist; 1940). (probably) Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946). Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern (probably acquired from the above, circa 1950). Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Paris (by 1953). Philippe Dotremont, Brussels (by 1954). Philippe Leclerq, Hem (by 1960). Galerie Beyeler, Basel (by 1994). Marc Blondeau, Paris. David Tunkl Fine Art, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the late owners, May 1996.

Auction archive: Lot number 181
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

Paul Klee (1879-1940) Kirke signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and titled '1938 R3 KIRKE' (on the artist's mount) watercolor on primed burlap laid down on card Burlap size: 15 ½ x 16 in. (39.7 x 40.7 cm.) (irregular) Mount size: 20 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (50.9 x 49.2 cm.) Painted in 1938 Provenance (probably) Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist; 1940). (probably) Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946). Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern (probably acquired from the above, circa 1950). Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Paris (by 1953). Philippe Dotremont, Brussels (by 1954). Philippe Leclerq, Hem (by 1960). Galerie Beyeler, Basel (by 1994). Marc Blondeau, Paris. David Tunkl Fine Art, Los Angeles. Acquired from the above by the late owners, May 1996.

Auction archive: Lot number 181
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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