PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Die Sonne welche die Welt der Farben schon vorfindet, complicierte Komposition
signed ‘Klee’ (lower right); dated and numbered ‘1916. 19.’ (on the artist’s mount)
watercolor and pen and black ink on joined paper laid down on card
Sheet size: 7 5/8 x 5 in. (19.4 x 12.8 cm.)
Mount size: 12 x 9 1/8 in. (30.2 x 23.2 cm.)
Executed in 1916

Provenance
Galerie der Sturm, Berlin.
Sally Falk, Mannheim (acquired from the above, 1917).
Rudolf Pfrunder, Zurich (acquired from the above, 1919).
Israel Ber Neumann (Graphisches Kabinett, New Art Circle, Neumann Gallery), Berlin and New York (acquired from the above).
James Gilvarry, New York (by 1960); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 14 November 1984, lot 406.
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, circa 2000.