Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Tuesday, 24 June 2003, 08:00 pm
Lot 89
Paul Klee, 1879-1940 (CH)
Tierfabel, 1924
India ink line drawing on stationary mounted on cardboad.
H 150 mm W 290 mm.
(Frame).
| CHF | 10'000 / 14'000 |
| EUR | 9'000 / 12'000 |
| USD | 11'000 / 15'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 10'000
Annotation:
Signed and inscribed: "24 2/12"; "1924.41. Tierfabel".
Ink strongly faded.
Provenance: Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles (ab 1969);
Philippe Daverio, Milano;
Swiss private property.
Literature: Grohmann 1934a. No. 17;
Paul Klee-Stiftung, Kunstmuseum Bern. Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné. Volume 4, 1923-1926. Berne, Benteli, 2000. No. 3409 (illustration).
Auctions: Berne, Kornfeld & Klipstein, 12.6.1969, No. 652;
Hamburg, Hauswedell & Nolte, 3.6.1976, No. 828;
Hamburg, Hauswedell & Nolte, 3.6.1977, No. 775;
Rom, Christie's, 11.12.1986, No.14.