Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection
Paul Klee
Kloaken Ente (Sewer Duck)
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November 21, 02:00 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 USD
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9,000 USD
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Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist Treasures from a Private Collection
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Kloaken Ente (Sewer Duck)
signed Klee and titled (lower right); dated 24 3/12 (upper right); dated 1924 and numbered 105 (on the artist’s mount)
pencil on paper laid down on artist's mount
sheet: 5 ¾ in by 11 ⅛ in. 14.6 by 28.3 cm.
mount: 10 ⅞ by 14 ⅞ in. 27.6 by 37.8 cm.
Executed in 1924.
Werner Allenbach, Bern (until 1957)
Berggruen & Cie, Paris
Abraham and Margit W. Chanin, New York (acquired in 1957)
Lester and Joan Avnet, New York
Howard Beilin, New York (until 1971)
James Goodman Gallery (acquired in 1971)
Acquired by 1977 by the present owner
New York, World House Galleries, Paul Klee, Watercolors and Drawings, 1958, no. 10
Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen II 1921-1930, Potsdam and Berlin, 1934, no. 60, illustrated
The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue raisonné 1923-1926, vol. IV, Bern, 2000, no. 3473, p. 212, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
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