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Paul Klee
Akkord für ein Blumentheater, 1938.
Mixed media. Paste color on sketching paper on ...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 34,800 Sold:
€ 76,200 / $ 88,392 (incl. surcharge)
235
Paul Klee
Akkord für ein Blumentheater, 1938.
Mixed media. Paste color on sketching paper on ...
Estimate:
€ 30,000 / $ 34,800 Sold:
€ 76,200 / $ 88,392 (incl. surcharge)
Akkord für ein Blumentheater. 1938.
Mixed media. Paste color on sketching paper on cardboard .
Signed (barely legible) upper right. Dated, titled, inscribed “G 6.” and “U” lower center on the original backing board. 30 x 21 cm (11.8 x 8.2 in), the full sheet. Backing board: 44,8 x 29,1 cm (17,6 x 11,4 in).
[AW].
• Exceptional use of forms in bold colors.
• The geometrically reduced and subtly harmonized composition is a pictorial reflection of Klee's love of music.
• As one of the most important Expressionists, Paul Klee drew on his memories and associations to create subtle color structures and whimsical drawings.
• Exhibited at Galerie Dietrich in Brussels in 1938, the year it was painted.
Accompanied by a written confirmation of authenticity from Dr. Jürgen Glaesemer, Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern, from December 2, 1986 (copy).
PROVENANCE: Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee Society, Bern (from 1946).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (Louise Leiris Gallery), Paris.
Sergio Larrain Collection, Chile (acquired from the above in 1951).
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1989).
EXHIBITION: Paul Klee, Galerie Dietrich, Brussels, December 17 - 30, 1938, cat. no. 3.
Paul Klee. Spätwerk. Arbeiten auf Papier 1937-1939, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, October 25, 1990 - January 13, 1991; Kunsthalle Emden, February 10 - April 21, 1991, cat. no. 60 (illustrated in color)).
LITERATURE: Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné. 1883-1940, 9 vols., Bern 1998-2003, vol. 7, cat. rais. no. 7287 (illustrated).
Mixed media. Paste color on sketching paper on cardboard .
Signed (barely legible) upper right. Dated, titled, inscribed “G 6.” and “U” lower center on the original backing board. 30 x 21 cm (11.8 x 8.2 in), the full sheet. Backing board: 44,8 x 29,1 cm (17,6 x 11,4 in).
[AW].
• Exceptional use of forms in bold colors.
• The geometrically reduced and subtly harmonized composition is a pictorial reflection of Klee's love of music.
• As one of the most important Expressionists, Paul Klee drew on his memories and associations to create subtle color structures and whimsical drawings.
• Exhibited at Galerie Dietrich in Brussels in 1938, the year it was painted.
Accompanied by a written confirmation of authenticity from Dr. Jürgen Glaesemer, Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern, from December 2, 1986 (copy).
PROVENANCE: Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee Society, Bern (from 1946).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler (Louise Leiris Gallery), Paris.
Sergio Larrain Collection, Chile (acquired from the above in 1951).
Galería Theo, Madrid.
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1989).
EXHIBITION: Paul Klee, Galerie Dietrich, Brussels, December 17 - 30, 1938, cat. no. 3.
Paul Klee. Spätwerk. Arbeiten auf Papier 1937-1939, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, October 25, 1990 - January 13, 1991; Kunsthalle Emden, February 10 - April 21, 1991, cat. no. 60 (illustrated in color)).
LITERATURE: Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné. 1883-1940, 9 vols., Bern 1998-2003, vol. 7, cat. rais. no. 7287 (illustrated).
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