Paul Klee (1879-1940), Kurze Seereise (Short Sea Voyage)

Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Kurze Seereise (Short Sea Voyage)
signed 'Klee' (upper left); dated, titled and numbered '1930 W 1 kurze Seereise' (on the artist's mount)
watercolour on cotton laid down on the artist's mount
Image size: 10 3/8 x 20 5/8 in. (26.5 x 52.5 cm.)
Artist's mount size: 18¾ x 25 5/8 in. (47.5 x 65.3 cm.)
Executed in 1930

Provenance

With Rudolf Probst [Galerie Neue Kunst Fides; Das Kunsthaus], Dresden and Mannheim, 1932-1933.
Erica Meyer-Benteli, Bern, by whom acquired directly from the artist, and thence by descent; sale, Christie's, London, 4 December 1973, lot 98.
Anonymous sale, Galerie Motte, Geneva, 7 June 1974, lot 146.
Galerie d'Art Moderne, Basel, by 1974.
Galerie Taménaga, Tokyo.
Acquired from the above by the present owner by 2001.

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION