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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
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May 19, 2020 | Sotheby's | Paris | Impressionist & Modern Art Online | 14 | $****** - ****** | Good | MYTHOS EINER INSEL |
Works on Paper
46.5 x 61 cm (18.31 x 24.02 in)
watercolour and pencil on paper
signed Klee (upper left)
Otto Ralfs, Braunschweig (1930)
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris (until 1938)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin, New York (1938-1947)
Mira P. Hershey, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (gift from the above and sold to benefit the acquisitions fund: Sotheby"s, New York, November 5, 2005, lot 309)
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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Otto Ralfs, Braunschweig (1930)
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris (jusqu"en 1938)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin, New York (1938-1947)
Mira P. Hershey, Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (don du précédent et vendu au profit du fond d"acquisitions du musée : Sotheby"s, New York, 5 novembre 2005, lot 309)
Acquis lors de cette vente par le propriétaire actuel
Exhibited
San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, The In-Between World of Paul Klee, 1988, no. 19, illustrated in the catalogue
Munich, Haus der Kunst & Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Paul Klee-in der maske des Mythos , 1999-2000, no. 63, illustrated in the catalogue
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, The Kindness of Friends: A Selection of Gifts of Drawings and Prints 1919-2001 , 2001-02
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San Francisco, Museum of Modern Art, The In-Between World of Paul Klee, 1988, no. 19, reproduit dans le catalogue
Munich, Haus der Kunst & Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Paul Klee-in der maske des Mythos , 1999-2000, no. 63, reproduit dans le catalogue
Los Angeles, County Museum of Art, The Kindness of Friends: A Selection of Gifts of Drawings and Prints 1919-2001 , 2001-02
Literature
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné 1927-1930 , vol. 5, Bern, 2001, no. 5139, illustrated p. 420
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The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné 1927-1930 , vol. 5, Berne, 2001, no. 5139, reproduit p. 420
Property from a Private Italian Collection
PAUL KLEE
1879 - 1940
MYTHOS EINER INSEL
signed Klee (upper left)
watercolour and pencil on paper
46,5 x 61 cm; 18¼ x 24 in.
Executed in 1930.
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Provenant d"une Collection Particulière Italienne
PAUL KLEE
1879 - 1940
MYTHOS EINER INSEL
signé Klee (en haut à gauche)
aquarelle et crayon sur papier
46,5 x 61 cm; 18¼ x 24 in.
Exécuté en 1930.
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