Paul Klee

(Münchenbuchsee near Bern 1879–1940 Muralto)
Gewalt des Riesen, 1933, signed; dated, inscribed and titled (on the artist’s mount), watercolor on paper laid down on board, 47 x 31.7 cm, overall dimension: 63 x 50.7 cm
Provenance:
Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris (until 1938)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York (from 1938)
Eric Ponder (until 1962)
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (from 1962)
James Wise, Geneva & New York (from 1962)
Sale: Galerie Motte, Geneva, 12 June 1970, lot 98
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 27 May 1971, lot 49
Maurice Perea (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Christie’s, New York, 20 November 1986, lot 167
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired at the above sale)
European Private Collection

Exhibited:
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Paul Klee, 1941, no. 21
New York, Nierendorf Gallery, Works by Klee, 1945, no. 44
Palm Beach, Society of the Four Arts, Paintings by Paul Klee, 1951, no. 29
Geneva, Galerie George Moos, Paul Klee, 1963, no. 23

Literature:
Catalogue Raisonné Paul Klee, vol. 6, no. 6287, with ill.