Paul Klee (1879-1940) Elefantengruppe (Group of

Paul Klee (1879-1940)Elefantengruppe (Group of elephants), 1917Pencil on paperSigned and dated on the top leftSigned and titled on the bottom center15,9 x 15,2 cmProvenance :- Sturmkollektion, December 1917- Lily Klee collection, Bern (1940-1946)- Collection Klee Gesellschaft, Berlin (1946-1950)- Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery)- Berlin / New - York (from 1950)- Private collection USA- Galerie des Arts Plastiques Modernes, ParisPrivate collection, ParisExhibitions : - London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, "Fifty drawings by Paul Klee. Collection of Curt Valentin, New York", November-December 1953, n°9- Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Paul Klee. Max Beckmann ", January 17 - February 21, 1954, n°9 - Berlin, Galerie Schuler," Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen ", spring 1954, n°9- Bowdoin, Brunswick, Bowdoin College Museum of Art," Collecting privately ", July 1965, n°39 Bibliography : J. Helfenstein, C. Rumelin, O. Okuda," Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné ", volume 2, 1913-1918, Edition Thames & Hudson, London, 2000, reproduced under n°1845 p. 433