Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Paul Klee
Gaby
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Gaby
signed Klee (upper left); dated 1934, titled and numbered M9 (on the artist's mount)
pencil and pen and ink on paper mounted on the artist's mount
mount size: 47.4 by 34.8 cm. 18⅝ by 13¾ in.
sheet size: 29.6 by 20.8 cm. 11⅝ by 8⅛ in.
Framed: 60 by 55 cm. 23⅝ by 21⅝ in.
Executed in 1934.
Hannah Bürgi-Bigler, Bern (probably acquired from the artist before 1937 and until 1938)
Rolf and Catherine E. Bürgi, Bern (acquired by descent in 1938 and until 1953)
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne (acquired in 1953)
James Wise, Geneva, New York and Nice (acquired in 1953)
Galerie Hans Ulrich Gasser, Zurich (until 1956)
Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim, Zurich (acquired from the above in 1956)
Dr Georg and Josi Guggenheim Foundation, Zurich (acquired by descent from the above)
Christie's, London, 10 February 2005, lot 547 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Anon, 'Paul Klee. Der Künstler und die Sammlerin', in Du, February 2000, iss. no. 703, n.n., p. 57, illustrated
Exh. cat., Paul Klee. Die Sammlung Bürgi, Bern, 2000, p. 22
Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 7, 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, no. 6607 p. 61, illustrated
Bern, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee. Leihgabe der Frau H. Bürgi und Besitz des Kunstmuseums, 1937, no. 52 (no catalogue)
St Gallen, Historisches Museum St Gallen, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, 1971, no. 74
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