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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 12, 2018 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Work on Paper | 141 | $****** - ****** | Bergschlucht |
Works on Paper
37.4 x 49.3 cm (14.72 x 19.41 in)
gouache and colored chalks on paper laid down on card
signed 'Klee' (lower right), dated, numbered and titled '1934 19 Bergschlucht' (on the artist's mount)
Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Felix Klee, Bern (acquired from the above, 1952).
Estate of Felix Klee, Bern (until 2008).
Private collection, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2014.
Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee, October-November 1935, p. 10, no. 157.
Kunstverein St. Gallen, Klee: Werke aus dem Familienbesitz, January-March 1955, no. 175.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Paul Klee: Aquarellen, September-November 1963, no. 66.
Malmö Museum; Göteborgs Konstmuseum and Stockholm, Konstsalongen Samlaren, Paul Klee: målningar–teckningar, March-June 1965, p. 11, no. 72.
Tokyo, Odakyu Department Store; Takasaki, Gumma Museum; Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Department Store; Kobe, Sogo Department Store and Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee und seine Malerfreunde, May-October 1976, no. 85 (illustrated).
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Paul Klee: Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Sammlung Felix Klee, December 1975-January 1976, p. 54, no. 61.
Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Paul Klee: les dix dernières années, April-May 1985, no. 19.
Himeji City Museum of Art; Sendai, Miyagi Museum of Art; Kamakura, The Museum of Modern Art; Shiga, The Museum of Modern Art and Niigata City Art Museum, Paul Klee in Exile, 1933-1940, August 1985-March 1986, p. 224, no. 5 (illustrated, p. 67).
Museo d’arte Mendrisio, Paul Klee: Ultimo decennio, 1930-1940, April-July 1990, p. 85 (illustrated).
Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; Tokyo, Daimaru Museum; Kochi, The Museum of Art; Kyoto, Daimaru Museum; Kasama Nichido Museum of Art; Hamamatsu Municipal Museum of Art; Osaka, Daimaru Museum and Kunsthalle Mannheim, Paul Klee: Die Zeit der Reife: Werke aus der Sammlung der Familie Klee, June 1995-June 1996, no. 50 (illustrated in color, p. 80).
Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Paul Klee: Kleinode, Die Sammlung, June-August 2001.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Paul Klee, June-September 2008, p. 88, no. 34 (illustrated, p. 61).
Zurich, Galerie Orlando, Paul Klee und seine Künstlerkollegen: Von Amiet bis Itten, von Jawlensky bis Kandinsky, October 2013-June 2014, p. 62 (illustrated in color, p. 63; illustrated in color again on the cover).
H. Schönemann, "Diesseits und jenseits des Gegenstandes: Paul Klees 'Abenteurer-Schiff' und 'Der bunte Dampfer' von Wolfgang Mattheuer," 1986, pp. 62-65.
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, 1934-1938, Bonn, 2003, vol. 7, p. 45, no. 6557 (illustrated; illustrated again in color, p. 75).
J. Spiller, ed., Paul Klee: Das bildnerische Denken, Form- und Gestaltungslehre, Basel, 2013, p. 361 (illustrated).
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and titled '1934 19 Bergschlucht' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and colored chalks on paper laid down on card
Image size: 14 ¾ x 19 ½ in. (37.4 x 49.3 cm.)
Mount size: 19 ½ x 27 5/8 in. (49.7 x 70.2 cm.)
Executed in 1934
