Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolours and Drawings
Tuesday, 01 June 1999, 08:00 pm
Lot 24
Paul Klee, 1879-1940 (CH)
In den Wolken, 1930
Paste paint on paper on cardboard.
H 470 mm W 620 mm.
Signed, dated and titled.
| * | CHF | 160'000 / 180'000 |
| * | EUR | 150'000 / 170'000 |
| * | USD | 180'000 / 200'000 |
Provenance:
Galerie Simon (Louise Leiris), Paris;
James Goodman Gallery, New York;
Durand Ruel, Paris;
Sotheby's, New York, 16.11.89, Lot 159.
Exhibition:
James Goodman Gallery, New York:
Klee, 1972. Catlogue No. 10, (illustration).
According to the Paul Klee Foundation, Berne, the work is registered in the single-handed Catalogue raisonné by Paul Klee, registration No. 1930 55 (05).
A smaler painting from the same year with the title "Sturm durch die Ebene" is part of the collection of the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, acquisition number; J. de P. 512 D, with color illustration in Christian Derouet "Le Musée National d'Art Moderne, Cabinet d'Art Graphique, 1990, page 39.