Live Auction 7953Impressionist/ModernWorks on Paper
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lot 279

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Metaphysisches Blatt aus der Vogelwelt

Closed10 February 2011

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GBP 27,500

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Metaphysisches Blatt aus der Vogelwelt
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated and numbered '1917 118' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 6¼ x 9 5/8 in. (15.7 x 24.4 cm.)
artist's mount: 9½ x 12¾ in. (24.1 x 32.4 cm.)
Executed in 1917

John Torson, New York.
Kornfeld & Klipstein, Bern.
Bodley Gallery, New York.
Harvey S. Lubitz, New York, from 1967 to 1988.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 May 1988, lot 136.
Acquavella Galleries, New York.
Artemis Fine Arts Ltd., London.
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco.
Private collection, San Francisco.