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Artist or Maker: PAUL KLEE 1879 - 1940
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Medium: gouache sur papier contrecollé sur carton
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Dimensions: 20,5 x 32,5 cm ; 8 x 12 5/8 in.
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Provenance: Otto Rolfs (acquis de l'artiste)
Saidenberg Gallery, New York
Vente : Sotheby's, New York, 15 mai 1980, lot 338
Vente : Munich, Karl & Faber, 30 juin 1982, lot 1418
Vente : Sotheby's, New York, 14 novembre 1985, lot 338
Serge Sabarsky, Inc., New York
Collection particulière, Italie
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Exhibited: Bâle, Kunsthalle Basel, Paul Klee, 1935, no. 171
New York, Achim Moeller Fine Art Ltd, Paul Klee, 1987, no. 14
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Literature: Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, 1934-1938, vol. 7, Berne, 2003, no. 6596, reproduit p. 58
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Notes:
titled 'Bunter Wald', dated '1934' and numbered 'L18' (on the mount) ; dédicated 'Fur Herrn Otto Rolfs mit den besten Wunschen zum Fest, Bern, Dez 1935, Klee' (on the back), gouache on paper, laid down on board. Executed in 1934.