Live Auction 1533Impressionist/Modern Works on Paper
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lot 111

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Drang vor der Wanderung

Closed25 June 2014

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GBP 43,750

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Drang vor der Wanderung
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and inscribed '1940 G15 Drang vor der Wanderung' (on the artist's mount)
pastel on paper attached to the artist's mount
sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 1/4 in. (29.5 x 21 cm.)
artist's mount: 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.)
Drawn in 1940

Lily Klee, Bern.
Werner Allenbach, Bern, until 1959.
Galerie Berggruen, Paris.
Galerie de l'Elysée, Paris.
Acquired from the above in May 1961; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 11 November 1992, lot 215.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 1997, lot 282.
Private collection, USA, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2001.