Germann Auctionhouse Zurich
Part I: Paintings, Works on Paper and Sculptures
Monday, 24 June 2024, 06:00 pm

Paul Klee, Laternenfest Bauhaus

Lot 30

Paul Klee, 1879-1940 (CH)

Laternenfest Bauhaus, 1922

Watercolour over lithograph on firm wove paper.
H 93 mm W 144 mm.

Signed lower left in the stone: Klee. Dated and inscribed in the stone: 1922, Laternen Fest Bauhaus.
Verso stamp: L. Hirschfeld-Mack, Ferny Creek. Vic., Australia. Inscribed with ballpoint: Paul Klee, von ihm handkoloriert, 1922. Inscribed in pencil: Paul Klee, 5.
Printer and publisher: Staatliches Bauhaus, Weimar.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Australia.

Literature:
Thames/Hudson III, No. 3087; Kornfeld 87b.

Annotation:

Card for the lantern festival for the solstice celebration at the Bauhaus. The festival took place on Wednesday, 21 June 1922 in Weimar.

*CHF6'000 / 8'000
*EUR6'000 / 8'000
*USD6'500 / 8'700

Hammer Price: CHF 13'000