Live Auction 14240Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lot 108 WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AVANT-GARDES
The Collection of a Scholar, Sold to Benefit Humanitarian Causes

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Idyllisch-Nachbarlich (Idyllic-Neighbourly)

Closed28 June 2017

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GBP 50,000

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Idyllisch-Nachbarlich (Idyllic-Neighbourly)
signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed '1926 E.4.idyllish-nachbarlich', and dedicated 'Jahresgabe 1926/27 für Herrn Rudolf Ibach mit herzlichen Wünschen Klee' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist’s mount
sheet: 5 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (13.8 x 22.5 cm.)
artist mount: 9 ¼ x 12 1/8 in. (23.4 x 30.6 cm.)
Executed in 1926

Rudolf Ibach, Barmen, a gift from the artist in 1926-1927.
Curt Valentin [Bucholz Gallery], Berlin & New York, by 1938.
Frederick C. Schang, South Norwalk, United States.
Berggruen & Cie, Paris, by 1971-1972.
Galleria Galatea, Turin (no. 2354), by 1972.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.