Live Auction 22011Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection Part II
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Lot 117 Visionary: The Paul G. Allen Collection

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Kunststücke der Tiere (Für Florina)

Closed10 November 2022

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USD 340,200

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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Kunststücke der Tiere (Für Florina)
signed with initial 'K' (lower right); dated, titled and numbered ‘1921/7 Kunststücke der Tiere (für Florina)’ (on the artist's mount)
oil transfer and watercolor on paper mounted by the artist on card
Sheet size: 6 x 10 1/2 in. (15.4 x 26.6 cm.)
Mount size: 7 1/2 x 12 in. (19.2 x 30.3 cm.)
Executed in 1921

Florina-Irene Galston, Berlin (gift from the artist, 1921).
Gottfried Galston, Berlin (by descent from the above).
Dean J.A. McClain, Jr., Durham (until at least 1951).
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York.
Israel Ber Neumann, Berlin and New York.
Mozes S. Schupf Foundation, Inc., New Jersey (acquired from the above, 1952); sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 11 May 1994, lot 36.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.