Paul Klee

(Münchenbuchsee near Bern 1879–1940 Muralto)
Westöstliches Dorf, 1925, signed and inscribed 25812 on the paper; dated, inscribed and titled on artist’s mount, ink on paper laid down on board, 14 x 23 cm, overall dimension: 28.7 x 21 cm
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Paul Klee-Stiftung, Bern (13 February 1979).

Provenance:
Lily Klee, Bern (1940–1946)
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946–1950)
Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery), Berlin/New York (1950)
Robert von Hirsch, Basel
Yayoi Gallery, Tokyo (from 1978)
Gallery Umeda Co. Ltd, Osaka (till 1988)
Gallery Takamiya, Osaka (1988–1990)
Sale: Mainichi Auction, Tokyo, 14 July 2012, lot 236
European Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)

Literature:
Catalogue Raisonné Paul Klee, vol. 4, no. 3852, with ill.
Grohmann Will, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921–1930, Potsdam/Berlin 1934, no. 63