Paul Klee, Elefantengruppe

Pencil on paper on cardboard

15.9 × 15.2 cm / 6 1/4 × 6 in

Signed and dated also again on the underlying cardboard dated, titled and "161" numbered

Catalogue Raisonné by Paul-Klee-Stiftung 2002 no. 1845

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Provenance

The artist's studio (1917-1940); Lily Klee Collection, Bern (1940-1946); Klee Society Collection, Berlin (1946-1950); Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery) Berlin/New York (1950-ca. 1954); Private Collection New York (1965 at the latest -2004); Private Collection (2005-2020); Galerie les Arts Plastiques Modernes, Paris; Private Collection Paris; Piasa, Paris (28 May 2020, lot 3); Private Collection New York (2020-2025)

Exhibitions
  • Bowdoin College Museum of Art, "Collecting Privately", Brunswick, Maine 1965
  • Galerie Schüler, "Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen", Berlin 1954
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Paul Klee. Max Beckmann", 17. Jan. - 21. Feb., Hannover 1954
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts, "Fifty Drawings by Paul Klee. Collection of Curt Valentin, New York", Nov. - Dez., London 1953
Literature
  • Galerie Ludorff, "50 Jahre", Part II, Düsseldorf 2025, S. 183
  • Paul-Klee-Stiftung/Kunstmuseum Bern (Hg.), "Paul Klee. Catalogue Raisonné 1913-1918" Bd. 2, Bern 2000, Nr. 1845
  • Bowdoin College Museum of Art, "Collecting Privately", Ausst.-Kat., Brunswick 1965, Nr. 39
  • Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Paul Klee. Max Beckmann", Ausst.-Kat., Hannover 1954, Nr. 9
  • Galerie Schüler, "Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen", Ausst.-Kat., Berlin 1954, Nr. 9
  • Institute of Contemporary Arts (Hg.), "Fifty Drawings by Paul Klee, Collection of Curt Valentin, New York", London 1953, Nr. 9

About Paul Klee

Paul Klee (1879-1940) was a German-Swiss artist and one of the most important Western modernist artists of the 20th century.

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