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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Strenge Gebirgsform (Kristallines Gebirge)
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and inscribed '1924 242 Strenge Gebirgsform Kristallines Gebirge' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 9 1/4 x 15 in. (23.6 x 38.1 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 1/2 x 18 5/8 in. (31.8 x 47.3 cm.)
Executed in 1924
Provenance
Rudolf Probst [Galerie Neue Kunst Fides & Das Kunsthaus], Dresden & Mannheim, on consignment from the artist, by 1929.
Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf, Berlin, Paris & London, on consignment from the artist, by March 1930.
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Israel Ber Neumann [Graphisches Kabinett, New Art Circle, Neumann Gallery], Berlin & New York, by 1938.
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York, by 1938.
Serge Sabarsky, New York.
Andrew Pecorini, Forest Hills, New York.
Aldis Browne Fine Arts, New York, by whom probably acquired from the above in 1974.
Berggruen & Cie, Paris, by whom acquired from the above in 1978.
Paul Haim & Co., Paris, by 1978.
Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo, by 1978.
Private collection.
Acquired in 1990; sale, Christie's, New York, 16 May 2017, lot 137.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
S. Wada, Paul Klee and His Travels, Tokyo, 1980, no. 110, p. 45 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 4, 1923-1926, Bonn, 2000, no. 3614, p. 259 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Dresden, Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Paul Klee Aquarelle aus den Jahren 1920-1929, February - March 1930, no. 21, n.p..
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Paul Klee September - October 1978, no. 13, n.p. (illustrated).
Chiba, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Paul Klee Erzählung und Schöpfung, June - August 2006, no. 67, p. 86 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Sapporo, Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, August - October 2006; and Miyagi, Museum of Art, October - December 2006.
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