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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Luftkampf (Höhenkampf)
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated and numbered '1917.126.' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour and pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 7 1⁄4 x 3 1⁄2 in. (18.6 x 9 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 5⁄8 x 9 1⁄2 in. (32.1 x 24.2 cm.)
Executed in 1917
Provenance
Hans Goltz [Galerie Neue Kunst], Munich, on consignment from the artist in 1921; returned to the artist.
Hermann & Ilse Bode, Hanover, by whom acquired directly from the artist, before 1930, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 29 March 1988, lot 336.
Galerie Gianna Sistu, Paris, by 1988, until at least 1991.
Galleria Tega, Milan.
Acquired from the above, and thence by descent.
Literature
P. Daix, Paul Klee Zeichnungen und Aquarelle von 1915 bis zu seinem Tod, exh. cat., Cannes, 1990 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1913-1918, Bern, 2000, no. 1810, p. 422 (illustrated).
S. Dimroth, Die Kunst ist das Einzige, was bleibt, Munich, 2020, pp. 81-82 (illustrated p. 83).
Exhibited
Munich, Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Paul Klee Der Ararat. Zweites Sonderheft, 60. Ausst., May - June 1920, no. 144, p. 22.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Paul Klee May - June 1952, no. 83, n.p. (titled 'Ohne Titel').
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Hannoverschem Privatbesitz, May - June 1954, no. 79, n.p. (titled 'Gespenster').
Hanover, Kunstverein, Die Pelikan-Kunstsammlung, April - June 1963, no. 63, p. 56 (illustrated p. 101; titled 'Gespenster').
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Die Pelikan-Kunstsammlung, January - February 1965, no. 67, p. 41 (illustrated p. 75; titled 'Gespenster').
Cannes, Galerie Daniel Gervis, Paul Klee Oeuvres sur papier, May - July 1990, n.p. (illustrated; titled 'Gespenster').
Milan, Sei del Carmine, Galleria d'arte moderna, Paul Klee February - March 1990, n.p. (illustrated n.p.; titled 'Gespenster').
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Paul Klee October 2000 - January 2001, pp. 65 & 166 (illustrated p. 64).