Live Auction 22057Impressionist & Modern Works on Paper Sale
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Lot 520

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Zwei Kinder

Closed11 November 2023

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USD 25,200

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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Zwei Kinder
signed ‘Klee’ (lower right); dated, titled and inscribed ‘1929 A.i zwei Kinder’ (on the artist’s mount)
pen and black ink on paper mounted on card
Sheet size: 9 ¾ x 9 ¾ in. (24.8 x 24.8 cm.)
Mount size: 14 x 13 in. (35.6 x 32.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1929

Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist).
Klee Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (acquired from the above, 1950).
Kay Merrill Hillman, New York.
Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Paris (acquired from the above, 1970, until at least July 1971).
Anon. sale, Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, 16 June 1972, lot 553.
World House Galleries, New York.
Hayakawa Gallery, Osaka (by December 2008).
Private collection, Japan.
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 2020.