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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2025 | Phillips | New York | Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session | 158 | $****** - ****** | Eine Art Hochhaus (A kind of skyscraper) |
paintings
44.8 x 21.3 cm (17.63 x 8.38 in)
oilstick on gesso-prepared burlap, laid on artist"s mount
signed “Klee” upper left of burlap; titled, inscribed and dated “1940 R 6 eine Art Hochhaus” lower edge of image
Lily Klee, Bern (the artist"s wife; acquired in 1940)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired in 1946)
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired in 1947)
Erwin Fischer, Valparaiso (acquired in 1949)
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired in 1974)
Jacques Hachuel (acquired in 1989)
Galerie Thomas, Munich
Satani Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Amsterdam, Stedelijik Museum, emPaul Klee/em, 1948
Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, emPaul Klee,/em June-September 1948
Antwerp, Galerij Artes, emPaul Klee/em, 1949, no. 57
Bern, Kunstmuseum,em Paul Klee, Das Spätwerk 1937-1940/em, June 7-September 2, 1979, no. 126
Venice, Museo d"Arte Moderna Ca"Pesaro; Milan, Palazzo Reale, emPaul Klee, nell collezioni private/em, June 21-December 14, 1986, no. XIII, pp. 23, 228 (illustrated, p. 23)
Munich, Galerie Thomas, emPaul Klee/em, May 27-July 29, 1989, n.p. (illustrated)
Tokyo, Satani Gallery,em Paul Klee, Works 1903-40/em, January 10-March 10, 1990, no. 28, pp. 45, 51 (illustrated, p. 45)
Bern, Kunstmuseum,em Paul Klee, Das Schaffen im Todesjahr/em, August 17-November 4, 1990, no. 161, pp. 196, 293 (illustrated, p. 196)
Tokyo, Satani Gallery, emPaul Klee and his Contemporaries,/em February 12-29, 1992, no. 13
Geneva, Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim \u0026 Cie, emPaul Klee. Traces de la mémoire/em, November 5, 1998-February 15, 1999, no. S.86
Paul Klee Foundation, ed., emPaul Klee. Verzeichnis der Werke des Jahres 1940/em, Stuttgart, 1991, no. 1940, 166 (R 6), p. 116 (illustrated)
Paul Klee Foundation, ed., emPaul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné/em, vol. 9, Bern, 2004, no. 9185, p. 140 (illustrated)
Paul Klee
Eine Art Hochhaus (A kind of skyscraper)
burlap 14 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. (36.2 x 10.8 cm)
image 14 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. (37.5 x 11.4 cm)
mount 17 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (44.8 x 21.3 cm)
signed “Klee” upper left of burlap; titled, inscribed and dated “1940 R 6 eine Art Hochhaus” lower edge of image
oilstick on gesso-prepared burlap, laid on artist"s mount
Executed in 1940, in Switzerland.
