Live Auction 2312Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper Featuring Property from the Collection of Mrs Sidney F. Brody
Christie’s roundel
Lot 229

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Bildnis in der Laube

Closed5 May 2010

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USD 236,500

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Bildnis in der Laube
signed 'Klee' (upper left); numbered, dated, numbered again and titled 'VIII 1930. 7. Bildnis in der Laube' (on the artist's mount)
gouache on paper laid down by the artist on board
Image size: 13 1/8 x 9½ in. (33.3 x 24.1 cm.)
Mount size: 22 5/8 x 18¼ in. (57.5 x 46.4 cm.)
Painted in 1930

Alfred Flechtheim, Dusseldorf (until 1931).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
The Mayor Gallery, London (by 1935).
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., London (by 1966).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (by 1969).
Galerie Athénée AG, Triesenberg.
Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., New York (1989).
Stolen from the above and recovered with the assistance of the Art Loss Register.