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Paul Klee

Lot 235
Akkord für ein Blumentheater, 1938
Mixed media

11.8 x 8.3 in (30.0 x 21.0 cm)
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Lot 235
Akkord für ein Blumentheater, 1938
Mixed media
11.8 x 8.3 in (30.0 x 21.0 cm)
Estimate:
€ 30,000 - 40,000
Auction: 12 days

Ketterer Kunst GmbH & Co KG

City: Munich
Auction: Dec 07, 2024
Auction number: 563
Auction name: Modern Art Day Sale
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Lot Details
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. , the full sheet. Backing board: 44,8 x 29,1 cm.
[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).
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).
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))
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)
Lot Details
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. , the full sheet. Backing board: 44,8 x 29,1 cm.
[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).
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).
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))
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)
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Paul Klee
234 Duettino der Passanten , 1938
Mixed media

€ 50,000 - 70,000
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