Paul Klee
Der Mann mit dem Schnaps (The Man with the Schnapps) , 1922 (Dated)
Lot #641 |
2025-11-21 |
Sotheby's, New York
Modern Day Auction
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
USD 120,000 - 180,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N11730
Auction name: Modern Day Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2025-11-21
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 19th Century Acquired After Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 8 ¾ by 11 ¼ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
20.3
Width In Centimeters:
27.9
Height In Inches:
8.75
Width In Inches:
11.25
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Edition: 2
Edition notes: Edition 1/2.
Year notes: Dated in 1922.
Provenance
Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired after 1946) Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (acquired after 1951) Frank Perls Gallery, Los Angeles Berggruen & Cie., Paris (acquired in 1961) Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., Hamburg, 8-9 June 1979, lot 634 Acquired at the above sale through Alice Adam Ltd. by the present owner
Literature
Will Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930 , Potsdam and Berlin, 1934, no. 67 The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonné, 1919-1922 , vol. 3, Bern, 2004, no. 3030, p. 455, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)
Catalog summary
The Cindy and Jay Pritzker Collection Paul Klee 1879 - 1940 Der Mann mit dem Schnaps (The Man with the Schnapps) signed Klee and dated 1922 1/2 (upper left); titled, dated 1922. and numbered 205. (on the mount) pencil and colored crayon on paper on artist’s mount sheet: 8 ¾ by 11 ¼ in. 20.3 by 27.9 cm. mount: 10 ¼ by 12 ¼ in. 25.4 by 30.5 cm. Executed in 1922. Provenance Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (acquired after 1946) Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), Berlin and New York (acquired after 1951) Frank Perls Gallery, Los Angeles Berggruen & Cie., Paris (acquired in 1961) Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., Hamburg, 8-9 June 1979, lot 634 Acquired at the above sale through Alice Adam Ltd. by the present owner Literature Will Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921-1930 , Potsdam and Berlin, 1934, no. 67 The Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee, Catalogue raisonnĂ©, 1919-1922 , vol. 3, Bern, 2004, no. 3030, p. 455, illustrated (with incorrect dimensions)