Paul Klee, Schling-Gewaechse (Climbing Plants)

Property from a Private Collection, Japan
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Schling-Gewaechse (Climbing Plants)

Titled, dated 1932 and numbered L18 IV (on the mount)
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Sheet: 19 3/4 by 13 3/4 in. (49.5 by 35 cm); Mount: 25 1/2 by 19 5/8 in. (64.8 by 49.8 cm)
Framed: 31 1/2 by 25 1/2 in. (80 by 64.8 cm)
Executed in 1932.

Condition Report:
Executed on buff-colored Japan paper mounted on card. The artist's mount is attached to a backing board at all four corners of its verso. The composition is slightly light-struck overall and it is possible the colors are slightly faded. The edges of the sheet are deckled. Some staining to the mount, likely due to a prior acidic matte. Some light undulation to the sheet. One pinhole in the upper left quadrant. A repaired tear to the mount at center of the right edge, measuring five inches in length. The work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Rudolf Probst (Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Das Kunsthaus), Dresden & Mannheim
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris
Lady Nika Hulton, London
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Gianfranco Ambrosini, Verbier, Switzerland
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Phyllis Hattis Fine Arts, New York (acquired by 1990)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired by 1993)
Galerie Jablonka, Cologne
Sale: Christie's, New York, May 15, 1997, lot 413
Art Vivant Co., Ltd., Tokyo
Acquired from the above in 2019