Paul Klee Gedenkstein für N. (Memorial for N.)

Paul Klee
1879 - 1940

Gedenkstein für N. (Memorial for N.)
titled, dated 1918 and numbered 80 (on the artist's mount)
watercolor on chalk ground paper bordered with strips of silver paper tape laid down on the artist's mount
image: 6 ⅞ by 10 ⅛ in. 17.5 by 25.7 cm.
mount: 7 ⅛ by 10 ½ in. 18.1 by 26.7 cm.
Executed in 1918.

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保羅・克利
1879 - 1940年
《N的紀念碑》

款識︰書題目、紀年1918並標記80（畫家自選畫托）
水彩粉筆底紙，銀色紙膠帶封邊，貼於畫家自選畫托
畫面︰6 ⅞ x 10 ⅛ 英寸；17.5 x 25.7 公分
畫托︰7 ⅛ x 10 ½ 英寸；18.1 x 26.7 公分
1918年作

Provenance:
Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, Munich (acquired from the artist in 1919 and until at least 1920)
Collection Thorn
Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 27 April 1951, lot 1916 (consigned by the above)
Galerie d'Art Moderne Marie-Suzanne Feigel, Basel (acquired at the above sale)
Kunstkabinett, Stuttgart, 29 May 1952, lot 1996 (consigned by the above)
Collection Klitzke (acquired at the above sale)
Berggruen & Cie, Paris
Theodore Schempp, Paris and New York (acquired from the above in 1953)
Acquired from the above in 1954 by the present owner