Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Paris (until 1938)
Karl Nierendorf, Cologne, Berlin & New York (acquired in 1938)
James I. McClintock (and sold: Sotheby's, New York, October 23, 1974, lot 138)
Premier Gallery (acquired at the above sale)
Sale: Galerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, May 23, 1977, lot 1049
Serge Sabarsky, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above

The Paul Klee Foundation & The Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, eds., Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. VII, Bern, 2003, no. 7215, illustrated p. 333 (catalogued as paper laid down on card)

Executed on cream wove paper. T-hinged to mount at upper corners on the verso. Artist's pinholes at all four corners. Sheet was at one time glued to card (per the catalogue raisonné) and there is faint residue visible on the back of the sheet. A few hairline surface scratches and tiny nicks are faintly visible. The medium is very thickly applied and well-preserved. Overall the work is in very good condition.
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