Live Auction 2166Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Christie’s roundel
Lot 129

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Der Pathetiker

Closed7 May 2009

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USD 30,000

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Der Pathetiker
signed 'Klee' (lower left); dated, numbered and titled '1922/127 Der Pathetiker' (on the artist's mount)
pen and brown ink on paper laid down by the artist on board
Sheet size: 7 3/8 x 5½ in. (18.7 x 14 cm.)
Mount size: 9 7/8 x 8¼ in. (25.1 x 21 cm.)
Drawn in 1922

Oscar Edwards, Coogee, Australia.
Anon. sale, Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern, 13 June 1968, lot 484.
The Piccadilly Gallery, London (by 1968).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 3 December 1970, lot 67.
B.C. Holland Inc., Chicago (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the family of the present owner, by 1972.