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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dec 4, 2013 | Sotheby's | Paris | Art Impressionniste & Moderne | 7 | $****** - ****** | Vier Segelschiffe (Four Sailships) |
paintings
18.4 x 58.1 cm (7.24 x 22.87 in)
oil on masonite
signed Klee, dated 1927 and numbered E2 (lower right)
Paul Klee, Dessau/Düsseldorf/Bern (1927-1940)
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin (on commission from the artist 1928-1934, inventory no. B 8648)
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on commission from the artist 1928-1934, inventory no. 8648)
Contempora Art Circle (P. L. Wiener/I. B. Neumann), New York (on commission from the artist 1934 -1935)
New Art Circle (I. B. Neumann), New York (on commission from the artist from 1935 until at least 1936)
Galerie Simon (Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler), Paris (on commission from the artist 1936-1940, inventory no. 8648)
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946)
Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris (on commission from Lily Klee from 1940 until at least 1950, inventory no. 8648)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946 until at least 1950)
Curt Valentin Gallery, New York (before 1953)
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (until 1960)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1960-1968)
Brook Street Gallery, London (acquired in 1968)
Private Collection (acquired circa the 1980s)
By descent to the present owner
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, 1928, no. 16; Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, Paul Klee, R. Sintenis, 1928, no. 24; Paris, Galerie Georges Bernheim et Cie, Paul Klee, 1929, no. 23; Düsseldorf, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Verbindung mit der Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Paul Klee, 1931, no. 49; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, Paul Klee, 1936, no. 4; Stockholm, Svensk-Franska Konstgalleriet, Paul Klee, 1949, no. 2; London, The Mayor Gallery, Paul Klee, 1950, no. 1; New York, Curt Valentin Gallery, Paul Klee, 1953, no. 14; Zurich, Kunsthaus; Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum & The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Sammlung G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh / USA, 1960-61, no. 81; Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee, 1963, no. 29; Ascona, Galleria Castel-Nuovo, Trudy Neuburg-Coray, Paul Klee. Öl, Aquarell, Zeichnungen. Werke 1910-1940, 1964, no. 9
Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Stuttgart, 1954, p. 260; Jürg Spiller (ed.) Paul Klee. Das bildnerische Denken. Form- und Gestaltungslehre, Basel/Stuttgart, 1956, illustrated p. 278 ; Jürgen Glaesemer, Paul Klee. Die farbigen Werke im Kunstmuseum Bern. Gëmalde, fabige Blätter, Hinterglasbilder und Plastiken, Bern, 1976, p. 147; Mark Lawrence Rosenthal, Paul Klee and the Arrow, Dissertation, The University of Iowa, 1979, p. 98; Sadao Wada, Paul Klee and his Travels, Tokyo, 1979, illustrated p. 383; Jenny Anger, ‘Klees Unterricht in der Webereiwerkstatt des Bauhauses’, in Das Bauhaus webt. Die Textilwerkstatt am Bauhaus (exhibition catalogue), Berlin, 1998, p. 38; Josef Helfenstein & Christian Rümelin (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné, Bern, 2001, vol. V, 1927-1930, no. 4356, illustrated p. 109
