Paul Klee
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Strenge Landschaft in Blau. 1917.
Watercolor on chalk-primed paper mounted on cardboard.
Signed in the lower right. Dated and inscribed with the work number “147” in the lower left on the original backing cardboard. 21.6 x 14 cm (8.5 x 5.5 in). Cardboard: 39,3 x 27,9 cm (15,4 x 10,9 in).
[AW].
• RADIANCE Exceptionally intense colors and a playful use of form.
• POETIC Interplay of geometric abstraction and a magical landscape.
• CREATIVITY Unwavering creativity amid the turmoil of war in 1917.
• EXHIBITION Exhibited at the renowned Berlin gallery "Der Sturm" shortly after its creation.
• MUSEUM QUALITY Watercolors from 1917 are at, among others, the Kunstmuseum in The Hague, the Museum Berggruen in Berlin, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
PROVENANCE: Lily Klee Collection, Bern (inherited from the artist, 1940–1946).
Klee Society, Bern (1946–1950).
David Coleman Art Gallery, Philadelphia (from 1950, through the mediation of Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne).
Philip Kaplan Collection, Long Island City (1955–1971).
Alfred Eliot Collection, New York.
Galerie Thomas, Munich (1989).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1989).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Erich Buchholz. Auction Exhibition. Works by the Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar (Feininger/Itten/Klee/Macke/Muche/Schlemmer/Schreier). Retrospective, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, Nov. 27–Dec. 15, 1921, cat. no. 53 (with illu. on p. 11).
Arnold Topp. Adolf Bauer-Saar. Gemälde / Aquarelle. Retrospective at Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, January 1922, cat. no. 106.
Moholy-Nagy. Peri. Comprehensive Exhibition of Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, February 1922, cat. no. 90.
Willi Baumeister. Fernand Léger. Gemälde / Aquarelle. Comprehensive Exhibition of Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, March 1922, cat. no. 71.
Georg von Poschedajew. Entwürfe für Theaterdekorationen und Kostüme. Comprehensive exhibition of Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, April 1922, cat. no. 43.
Weihnachtsausstellung Erfurter und Thüringer Künstler, Kunstvereinsheim Erfurt, 1911–January 7, 1923.
Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1924, State Exhibition Building at Lehrter Bahnhof, November Group section, Berlin, May 31–September 1, 1924, cat. no. 929, p. 98.
Paul Klee zum Gedächtnis, Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, July 15–September 15, 1945.
Paul Klee: Das Frühwerk 1883–1922, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, December 14, 1979–March 2, 1980, cat. no. 332 (with illu., p. 453).
Paul Klee. Aquarelle, Mischtechniken, Zeichnungen, Graphiken, Galerie Thomas, Munich, May–July 1989 (with illu.).
LITERATURE: Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern (eds.), Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné. 1883–1940, 9 vols., Bern 1998–2003, vol. 2, CR no. 1831 (with b/w illu. on p. 429).
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Wolfgang Kersten, Osamu Okuda, Paul Klee. Im Zeichen der Teilung, Düsseldorf/Stuttgart 1995 (with illu. on p. 333).
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 15th Auction, Dec. 1, 1975, lot 870 (with color illustration).
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 40th Auction, June 2, 1980, lot 693 (with color illustration and cover).
Sabine Mainberger, “Aktive” Linie—Kreatives System. Zu Titeln und Register in Klees Spätwerk, in: Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, issue 50/1, 2005, pp. 111–137/p. 121.
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Strenge Landschaft in Blau. 1917.
Watercolor on chalk-primed paper mounted on cardboard.
Signed in the lower right. Dated and inscribed with the work number “147” in the lower left on the original backing cardboard. 21.6 x 14 cm (8.5 x 5.5 in). Cardboard: 39,3 x 27,9 cm (15,4 x 10,9 in).
[AW].
• RADIANCE Exceptionally intense colors and a playful use of form.
• POETIC Interplay of geometric abstraction and a magical landscape.
• CREATIVITY Unwavering creativity amid the turmoil of war in 1917.
• EXHIBITION Exhibited at the renowned Berlin gallery "Der Sturm" shortly after its creation.
• MUSEUM QUALITY Watercolors from 1917 are at, among others, the Kunstmuseum in The Hague, the Museum Berggruen in Berlin, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
PROVENANCE: Lily Klee Collection, Bern (inherited from the artist, 1940–1946).
Klee Society, Bern (1946–1950).
David Coleman Art Gallery, Philadelphia (from 1950, through the mediation of Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne).
Philip Kaplan Collection, Long Island City (1955–1971).
Alfred Eliot Collection, New York.
Galerie Thomas, Munich (1989).
Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above in 1989).
In the family’s possession ever since.
EXHIBITION: Erich Buchholz. Auction Exhibition. Works by the Masters of the State Bauhaus in Weimar (Feininger/Itten/Klee/Macke/Muche/Schlemmer/Schreier). Retrospective, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, Nov. 27–Dec. 15, 1921, cat. no. 53 (with illu. on p. 11).
Arnold Topp. Adolf Bauer-Saar. Gemälde / Aquarelle. Retrospective at Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, January 1922, cat. no. 106.
Moholy-Nagy. Peri. Comprehensive Exhibition of Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, February 1922, cat. no. 90.
Willi Baumeister. Fernand Léger. Gemälde / Aquarelle. Comprehensive Exhibition of Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, March 1922, cat. no. 71.
Georg von Poschedajew. Entwürfe für Theaterdekorationen und Kostüme. Comprehensive exhibition of Der Sturm, Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, April 1922, cat. no. 43.
Weihnachtsausstellung Erfurter und Thüringer Künstler, Kunstvereinsheim Erfurt, 1911–January 7, 1923.
Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1924, State Exhibition Building at Lehrter Bahnhof, November Group section, Berlin, May 31–September 1, 1924, cat. no. 929, p. 98.
Paul Klee zum Gedächtnis, Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, July 15–September 15, 1945.
Paul Klee: Das Frühwerk 1883–1922, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, December 14, 1979–March 2, 1980, cat. no. 332 (with illu., p. 453).
Paul Klee. Aquarelle, Mischtechniken, Zeichnungen, Graphiken, Galerie Thomas, Munich, May–July 1989 (with illu.).
LITERATURE: Paul Klee Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern (eds.), Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné. 1883–1940, 9 vols., Bern 1998–2003, vol. 2, CR no. 1831 (with b/w illu. on p. 429).
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Wolfgang Kersten, Osamu Okuda, Paul Klee. Im Zeichen der Teilung, Düsseldorf/Stuttgart 1995 (with illu. on p. 333).
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 15th Auction, Dec. 1, 1975, lot 870 (with color illustration).
Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 40th Auction, June 2, 1980, lot 693 (with color illustration and cover).
Sabine Mainberger, “Aktive” Linie—Kreatives System. Zu Titeln und Register in Klees Spätwerk, in: Zeitschrift für Ästhetik und Allgemeine Kunstwissenschaft, issue 50/1, 2005, pp. 111–137/p. 121.
