Live Auction 7563Impressionist and Modern Art Day Sale
Paul Klee (1878-1940)
Lot 242

Paul Klee (1878-1940)

In Blüte

Closed5 February 2008

Price Realised

GBP 174,500

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Paul Klee (1878-1940)
In Blüte
signed 'Klee' (lower right)
tempera on burlap laid down on canvas
10¼ x 21½ in. (26 x 54.5 cm.)
Painted in 1938

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris, until 1939.
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York, from 1939.
Joseph Pulitzer, St. Louis, by whom acquired circa 1941.
The Edward James Foundation, West Dean, East Sussex; his sale, Christie's, New York, 13 November 1984, lot 139.
Galerie Tarica, Geneva & Paris.
Claus Walter, Heiden, from 1984 to 1997.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 10 December 1997, lot 306.
Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne.

Specialist note

This painting has been requested for the exhibition Paul Klee - Zaubergarten to be held at Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern from May to August 2008, then travelling to Henie-Onstad Art Centre, Baerum, Norway from October to December 2008, and Bergen Art Museum, Bergen, Norway, from January to March 2009.