Paul Klee (German, 1879-1940) "Klagende Tier"
| Lot #: 38 Paul Klee (German, 1879-1940) "Klagende Tier" |
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Pencil on paper. Titled, dated '1933', and numbered 'T4'. Framed: 23 x 17 in. The work is referenced in his oeuvre catalogue as follows: Literature: PAUL KLEE Catalogue Raisonné: Volume 6, 1931-1933 |
| Sight: 13 x 8 1/2 in. |
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Provenance Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne. John Rewald, New York. Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York. Miss Nanette Fabray. Sotheby's Park - Bernet, New York, May 15, 1963, Lot 4. Henry and Lilly Sieger Collection, New York. Thence by descent. |
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Auction Date Mar 19, 2026 |
| Estimate: $4,000-$6,000 |
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Paul Klee (German, 1879-1940)
Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist whose highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored color theory, writing about it extensively; his lectures Writings on Form and Design Theory (Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre), published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are held to be as important for modern art as Leonardo da Vinci's A Treatise on Painting was for the Renaissance. He and his colleague, Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture in Germany. His works reflect his dry humor and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.
Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist whose highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. Klee was a natural draftsman who experimented with and eventually deeply explored color theory, writing about it extensively; his lectures Writings on Form and Design Theory (Schriften zur Form und Gestaltungslehre), published in English as the Paul Klee Notebooks, are held to be as important for modern art as Leonardo da Vinci's A Treatise on Painting was for the Renaissance. He and his colleague, Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, both taught at the Bauhaus school of art, design and architecture in Germany. His works reflect his dry humor and his sometimes childlike perspective, his personal moods and beliefs, and his musicality.
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