PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)

PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Scheren Gitter und seine Feindin
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, numbered, and titled '1940 H 3 Scheren gitter und seine Feindin' (on the artist's mount)
gouache on paper mounted on paper
Sheet size: 8 ¼ x 13 in. (21 x 45.5 cm.)
Mount size: 13 ¾ x 19 ¾ in. (34.8 x 50 cm.)
Painted in 1940

Provenance
Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist, by 1940).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Rolf and Catherine E. Bürgi, Bern.
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York (acquired from the above, by 1952).
Estella Mysels, Santa Monica.
Konrad Kellen, Pacific Palisades (acquired from the above).
Galerie Feichenfeldt, Zurich (acquired from the above, 1983)
Acquired from the above by the late owners, July 1987.