Paul Klee (1879-1940)
Elefantengruppe (Group of elephants), 1917
Pencil on paper
Signed and dated on the top left
Signed and titled on the bottom center
15,9 x 15,2 cm
Provenance :
- Sturmkollektion, December 1917
- Lily Klee collection, Bern (1940-1946)
- Collection Klee Gesellschaft, Berlin (1946-1950)
- Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery)
- Berlin / New - York (from 1950)
- Private collection USA
- Galerie des Arts Plastiques Modernes, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Exhibitions :
- London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, "Fifty drawings by Paul Klee. Collection of Curt Valentin, New York", November-December 1953, n°9
- Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, "Paul Klee. Max Beckmann ", January 17 - February 21, 1954, n°9
- Berlin, Galerie Schuler," Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen ", spring 1954, n°9
- Bowdoin, Brunswick, Bowdoin College Museum of Art," Collecting privately ", July 1965, n°39
Bibliography : J. Helfenstein, C. Rumelin, O. Okuda," Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné ", volume 2, 1913-1918, Edition Thames & Hudson, London, 2000, reproduced under n°1845 p. 433
