Paul Klee (1879-1940), Gesetz (Law)

Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Gesetz (Law)
signed 'Klee' (upper left); titled, dated and numbered 'Gesetz 1938. D18.' (on the artist's mount)
gouache on newsprint laid down by the artist on thin card
Sheet size: 19 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. (48.6 x 32.7 cm.)
Mount size: 24 7/8 x 16 5/8 in. (63 x 42.3 cm.)
Painted in 1938

Provenance

Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris.
Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946).
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1947).
Richard Doetsch-Benziger, Basel (1947 and until at least 1958).
David Stössel, Zürich (until 1960).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (by 1960).
Professor Karl Julius Anselmino, Wuppertal (1960).
Acquired from the above by the present owner.

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION