Paul Klee (1879-1940)

Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Kirke
signed 'Klee' (upper right); dated, numbered and titled '1938 R3 KIRKE' (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on primed burlap laid down on card
Burlap size: 15 ½ x 16 in. (39.7 x 40.7 cm.) (irregular)
Mount size: 20 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. (50.9 x 49.2 cm.)
Painted in 1938

Provenance
(probably) Lily Klee, Bern (wife of the artist).
(probably) Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired from the above, 1946).
Hermann and Margrit Rupf, Bern (probably acquired from the above, circa 1950).
Galerie Berggruen et Cie., Paris (by 1953).
Philippe Dotremont, Brussels (by 1954).
Philippe Leclerq, Hem (by 1960).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (by 1994).
Marc Blondeau, Paris.
David Tunkl Fine Art, Los Angeles.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, May 1996.