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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 12, 2019 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale | 38A | $****** - ****** | Garten im Orient |
Works on Paper
35.6 x 27.9 cm (14 x 11 in)
pastel on cotton cloth mounted by the artist on card
signed 'Klee' (lower right); titled, dated and numbered '1937 S. 7 Garten im Orient' (on the artist's mount)
Lily Klee, Bern (by descent from the artist).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946 and until 1948).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (by 1948).
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk (possibly acquired from the above, by 1951 and until at least 1960).
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the late owners, 18 November 1964.
London, National Gallery, Paul Klee, 1945, p. 8, no. 117.
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Paul Klee, May 1950, no. 32 (illustrated).
Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts, Paintings by Paul Klee, March-April 1951, no. 60.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 40 Works by Paul Klee from the Collection of F.C. Schang, June-August 1955, no. 34.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, European Masters of Our Time, 1957, p. 19, no. 57 (illustrated, pl. 115).
Waltham, Brandeis University, Paul Klee: A Loan Exhibition, May-June 1960, no. 33.
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; The Cleveland Museum of Art and Kunstmuseum Bern, Paul Klee, February 1987-January 1988, pp. 30 and 272 (illustrated in color, p. 272).
Hamm, Gustav-Lübcke-Museum and Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Paul Klee: Reisen in den Süden, January-July 1997, pp. 105 and 238, no. 90 (illustrated in color on the cover; illustrated again in color, p. 203).
V. Hugo, "Le verger de Paul Klee" in Cahiers d'Art, 1945-1946, nos. 20-21, p. 65 (illustrated).
H. Devree, "The Magic of Klee" in The New York Times, 7 May 1950 (illustrated).
F.C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F.C. Schang, South Norwalk, 1952, no. 38.
F.C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F.C. Schang, South Norwalk, 1953, no. 38.
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, New York, 1954, pp. 404 and 419, nos. 163 and 371 (illustrated, p. 404).
F.C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F.C. Schang, South Norwalk, 1955, no. 34.
G. di San Lazzaro, Klee: A Study of His Life and Work, London, 1957, p. 276 (illustrated, pl. 121).
F.C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F.C. Schang, South Norwalk, 1957, no. 40.
F.C. Schang, Paul Klee, Collection of F.C. Schang, South Norwalk, 1959, no. 34.
M. Huggler, Paul Klee: Die Malerei als Blick in den Kosmos, Zürich, 1969, p. 170.
D. Chevalier, Klee, New York, 1971, p. 80 (illustrated in color, p. 81).
J. Glaesemer, Paul Klee: Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern–Gema¨lde, farbige Bla¨tter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 324, note 29.
M. Henle, ed., Vision and Artifact, New York, 1976, pp. 132 and 145.
J. Smith Pierce, Paul Klee and Primitive Art, New York, 1976, pp. 51 and 166, note 62.
G. Monnier, Le Pastel, Geneva, 1983, p. 87 (illustrated in color, p. 86).
A. Bonfand, Paul Klee, l'oeil en trop, Paris, 1988, pp. 100-102 (illustrated in color, pl. 49).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, vol. 7, p. 271, no. 7103 (illustrated).
signed 'Klee' (lower right); titled, dated and numbered '1937 S. 7 Garten im Orient' (on the artist's mount)
pastel on cotton cloth mounted by the artist on card
Image size: 14 x 11 in. (35.5 x 28 cm.)
Mount size: 15 ¼ x 12 in. (38.8 x 30.5 cm.)
Executed in 1937
