Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris
Lily Klee, Bern (acquired in 1940; until 1946)
Klee Society, Bern (acquired in 1946; until 1947)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York (acquired in 1947)
Karl Nierendorf Estate, New York (by descent from the above in 1947; until 1948)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (acquired in 1948; until 1977)
Serge Sabarsky Inc., New York (acquired in 1977; until 1978)
Galerie Veber, Sao Paolo
Acquired from the above by the fam🦩ily of the pre🦩sent owner

New York, Serge Sabarsky Gallery, Paul Klee. The Late Years 1930-1940, 1977, no. 25, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné 1934-1938, Bern, 2003, vol. VII, no. 7687, illustrated p. 516

Executed on card, not laid down, hinged to the overmount along the upper edge. There are tape remnants along all four edges to the reverse and an area of brown paint to the reverse, which is most probably by the artist. Apart from some minor paint losses to the uppermost surface, mainly to the central figure's left hand and in the lower half of the composition (visible in the catalogue illustration), this work is in good condition.
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