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Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Blaumantel
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, titled and numbered '1940 Z.7 Blaumantel' (on the artist's orginal mount)
oil and wax colours on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 87/8 x 107/8in. (22.5 x 27.6cm.)
artist's mount: 13¾ x 165/8in. (34.9 x 42.2cm.)
Executed in January 1940
Blaumantel
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, titled and numbered '1940 Z.7 Blaumantel' (on the artist's orginal mount)
oil and wax colours on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 87/8 x 107/8in. (22.5 x 27.6cm.)
artist's mount: 13¾ x 165/8in. (34.9 x 42.2cm.)
Executed in January 1940
Provenance
Lily Klee, Berne.
Hans & Erika Meyer-Benteli, Berne.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 12 April 1972, lot 104.
The Mayor Gallery, London (5325).
Hans & Erika Meyer-Benteli, Berne.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 12 April 1972, lot 104.
The Mayor Gallery, London (5325).
Literature
S. Frey and J. Helfenstein, Paul Klee: Verzeichnis der Werke des Jahres 1940, Stuttgart 1991, no. Z7 (illustrated p. 37).
Exhibited
Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, Tiere in der Kunst von Paul Klee, 1964, no. 58.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.