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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 13, 2019 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper | 126 | $****** - ****** | Sextett der Genien |
Works on Paper
39.3 x 51.4 cm (15.47 x 20.24 in)
pastel on linen mounted on paper
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and titled '1937 T.9. Sextett der Genien' (on the artist's mount)
Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York.
John S. Newberry, New York (acquired from the above, 1948).
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (gift from the above, 1961).
E.V. Thaw & Co., New York (acquired from the above).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, June 1963).
Albert Turrettini, Satigny (acquired from the above, December 1963).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 4 December 1968, lot 87.
Stephen Hahn Gallery, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Singer, Fort Worth.
David Tunkl Fine Art, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, October 1997.
Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee, February-March 1941, p. 25, no. 238.
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Paul Klee, April-May 1948, no. 18 (illustrated).
New York, Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Drawings and Watercolors from the Collection of John S. Newberry, Jr., May-June 1948, no. 20.
Detroit Institute of Arts, 25 Recent Additions to the Collection of John S. Newberry, Jr., May-October 1951, p. 16, no. 25 (illustrated, p. 12).
J. Spiller, Paul Klee: Das bildnerische Denken. Formund Festaltungslehre, Basel, 1956, p. 396 (illustrated).
G. di San Lazarro, Klee: A Study of His Life and Work, London, 1957, p. 299, no. 124 (illustrated, p. 276).
R. Verdi, "Musical Influences on the Art of Paul Klee," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies, 1968, vol. 3, pp. 93 and 106, footnote 23.
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, London, 1969, p. 336, no. 166 (illustrated, p. 404).
M. Huggler, Paul Klee: Die Malerei als Blick in den Kosmos, Stuttgart, 1969, pp. 170-172.
E. Bauer, Paul Klee: Innere Wege, exh. cat., Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafenam Rhein, 1981, pp. 28 and 32, footnote 15.
M.F. Popia, L'estetica di Paul Klee, Ph.D. Diss., Università degli studi di Genova, 1999, p. 33 (illustrated).
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, 1934-1938, Bonn, 2003, vol. 7, p. 302, no. 7125 (illustrated).
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered and titled '1937 T.9. Sextett der Genien' (on the artist's mount)
pastel on linen mounted on paper
Linen size: 15 ½ x 20 ¼ in. (39.3 x 51.4 cm.)
Mount size: 14 1/8 x 19 ¼ in. (35.8 x 48.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1937
