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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 5, 2014 | Sotheby's | London | Impressionist, Modern & Surrealist Art Evening Sale | 36 | $****** - ****** | Der Clown Pyramidal (The Clown Pyramidal) |
Works on Paper
24.7 x 32 cm (9.72 x 12.6 in)
gouache and brush and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
signed Klee (lower right); titled, dated III 1929 and numbered C.6. on the artist's mount
Otto Ralfs, Braunschweig (acquired by 1930) Lily Klee, Bern (acquired by 1940) Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above in 1946) Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired from the above in 1949) Pierre Janlet, Brussels (acquired from the above in 1949) Berggruen & Cie, Paris Mr & Mrs John Cowles Sr., Minneapolis (acquired by 1971)
Richard S. Davis, U.S.A.
Private Collection, U.S.A. (acquired by descent from the above. Sold: Christie's, New York, 15th November 1989, lot 41) Yuji Okusu, Tokyo (until 1998) Private Collection, Japan (sold: Sotheby's, New York, 17th November 1998, lot 347) Purchased at the above sale by the late owner
Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Drawings and Watercolors from Minnesota Private Collections, 1971, no. 70, illustrated in the catalogue Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie., Paul Klee. Traces de la mémoire, 1998-99, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 158, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 170, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 167, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Munich, Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Das Ewige Auge - Von Rembrandt bis Picasso. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2007, no. 165, illustrated in colour in the catalogue Lugano, Museo d'Arte, Klee-Melotti, 2013, no. 70, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
