Live Auction 2478Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lot 150

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

In den Wolken

Closed2 November 2011

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USD 146,500

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
In den Wolken
bears signature, dated, numbered and titled '1930. 0 5 In den Wolken' (on the artist's mount)
gouache and watercolor on paper laid down on the artist's mount
Sheet size: 18½ x 24¼ in. (46.8 x 61.5 cm.)
Mount size: 19 x 24¾ in. (48.3 x 63 cm.)
Painted in 1930

Otto Ralfs, Braunschweig (1930).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Lily Klee, Bern (1940).
Klee Gesellschaft, Bern (1946).
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Berggruen & Cie., Paris (1958).
Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva.
Anon. sale, Karl und Faber, Munich, 1 January 1972, lot 793.
James Goodman Gallery, New York (by 1972).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, New York, 16 November 1989, lot 159.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 9 February 2006, lot 647.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.