Live Auction 18341Impressionist and Modern Works on Paper
Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Lot 119 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION

Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Garten am Fluss

Closed6 February 2020

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GBP 27,500

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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Garten am Fluss
signed and dated '1921 Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and inscribed '1921 219 Garten am Fluss' (on the artist's mount)
pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 2 ½ x 11 3/8 in. (6.5 x 29 cm.)
artist's mount: 9 ¼ x 15 ¼ in. (23.5 x 38.8 cm.)
Drawn in 1921

Lily Klee (the artist's wife), Bern, by descent from the artist in 1940.
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by whom acquired from the above in 1946.
Buchholz Gallery [Curt Valentin], Berlin & New York, by whom acquired in 1948.
R. Sturgiss Ingersoll, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and thence by descent; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 May 1974, lot 120.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.