Bidspirit auction | Paul Klee: ”Der Verliebte”

Paul Klee: ”Der Verliebte” - KLEE, PAUL 1879 Münchenbuchsee - 1940 Muralto/ Ticino Title: ”Der Verliebte”. Date: 1923. Technique: Oil tracing and spraying technique on chalk-primed linen. Mounting: Mounted on card. Measurement: 33.5 to 34.5 x 19.5cm. Notation: Signed lower left: Klee. Dated, inscribed and titled on the backing cardboard beneath the image: 1923 169 Der Verliebte. Frame/Pedestal: Framed. Not examined out of the frame. Provenance: - Lily Klee, Bern (1940-46) - Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-47) - Galerie Nierendorf, New York/Berlin (1947) - Estate of Karl Nierendorf, New York (1947-48) - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (1948-1971) - Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1972-73) - Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, auction 12.6.1975 ('50 Works by Paul Klee'), lot 480 - Galerie Kornfeld, Bern, auction 26.6.1981 lot 107 - Sotheby's, New York, auction 15.5.1985, lot 197 - Galerie Jan Krugier, Ditesheim & Cie., Geneva (1985-86) - Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Bremen (1986-89) - Helen Serger/La Boetie Gallery, New York (from 1989) - Private collection, New York (acquired from previous owner) - Private collection, New York (by inheritance) - Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia Exhibitions: - Galerie Beyerle, Basel, 1973 - Kunsthalle Köln, 1979 - Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venice 1986 - Moeller Fine Art, New York 1987 - Kölnischer Kunstverein/Nationalgalerie , Budapest/Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 1988 - Panoramamuseum, Bad Frankenhausen 2021 Literature: - Paul Klee Foundation/Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.): Paul Klee - Catalogue raisonné, vol. 4, Bern 2000, cat. rais. no. 3263, ill. - Grohmann, Will: Paul Klee - Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Potsdam/Berlin 1934, cat. rais. no. 1922/12 - Exhibition catalogue Klee - Kunst ist ein Schöpfungsgleichnis, Galerie Beyeler, Basel 1973, cat. no. 26, ill. - Exhibition catalogue Paul Klee - Das graphische und plastische Werk (with preliminary drawings, watercolours and paintings), Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg 1974/75, p. 55, ill. - Exhibition catalogue Paul Klee - Das Werk der Jahre 1919-1933, paintings, drawings, prints, Kunsthalle Köln, 1979, cat. no. 110, no ill. - Exhibition catalogue Paul Klee nelle collezioni private, Museo d'Arte Moderna Ca' Pesaro, Venice 1986, cat. no. 66, p. 115, ill. - Exhibition catalogue Paul Klee - Paintings and Drawings, Moeller Fine Art, New York 1987, cat. no. 9 a - Exhibition catalogue Bauhaus Utopias - Works on Paper, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne 1988, p. 118 - Exhibition catalogue Surrealism in Germany? Art from 1919 to 1949, Panoramamuseum, Bad Frankenhausen 2021, cat. no. 69, p. 89, ill. - Characteristic work from the early Bauhaus period - abstract figuration in poetic condensation - Subtle colour modulation and reduced lines lend the sheet an extraordinary lightness - Exhibited many times and formerly part of the collection of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. This lot will be sold under standard taxation (Condition of Sale §V5.1) Explanations to the Catalogue Paul Klee Germany Modern Art 1920s Framed. Not examined out of the frame Figure / Figures Works on paper Drawing