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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940) Klein und Gross (Small and Large) 18 1/16 x 12 1/16 in (45.8 x 30.7 cm) (sheet size)21 5/8 x 14 3/8 in (54.9 x 36.5 cm) (mount size) (Executed in 1929) image 1
PAUL KLEE (1879-1940) Klein und Gross (Small and Large) 18 1/16 x 12 1/16 in (45.8 x 30.7 cm) (sheet size)21 5/8 x 14 3/8 in (54.9 x 36.5 cm) (mount size) (Executed in 1929) image 2
Lot 17

PAUL KLEE
(1879-1940)
Klein und Gross (Small and Large)

15 May 2025, 12:00 EDT
New York

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PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

Klein und Gross (Small and Large)
signed 'Klee' (lower right) and dated and inscribed '1929 E.4. Klein und Gross' (on the artist's mount)
reed pen and ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
18 1/16 x 12 1/16 in (45.8 x 30.7 cm) (sheet size)
21 5/8 x 14 3/8 in (54.9 x 36.5 cm) (mount size)

Executed in 1929

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist's studio.
Lily Klee Collection, Bern (the artist's wife; by descent from the artist in 1940).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (bequeathed from the above in 1946).
Werner Allenbach Collection, Bern, by 1958.
Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired from the above in 1958).
Galerie Europe, Paris, circa 1961.
Palais Galliéra, Paris (acquired on September 29, 1962).
Walter & Jeanny Bick Collection, Toronto, circa 1973.
Sale: Sotheby's, London, March 28, 1973, lot 142.
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 1977; their sale, Christie's, London, February 5, 2015, lot 239.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.

Exhibited
Washington, The Obelisk Gallery, Paul Klee, March - April 1962, no. 15.

Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, no. 77.
The Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, Bern, 2001, no. 4900 (illustrated p. 340).

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