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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lot 164 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Komische Alte (Comic old woman)

Closed23 June 2016

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GBP 86,500

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Komische Alte (Comic old woman)
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and titled '1930.H.4.5. Komische Alte' (on the artist' mount)
watercolour and tempera on paper
sheet: 7 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (19.5 x 16 cm.)
artist's mount: 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. (32 x 26.5 cm.)
Executed in 1930

With Alfred Flechtheim, Düsseldorf, Berlin, from 1931 (no. B13342).
With Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris,
The Mayor Gallery, London, received from the above in May 1935
The Leicester Galleries, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1936.
Mrs D. Ogden-Stewart (Ella Winter), United Kingdom, by 1956.
Galleria Galatea, Turin, by 1966 (no. 1735).
Private collection, Italy, probably acquired from the above, and thence by descent.