Hans & Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern
Berggruen & Cie, Paris (acquired in 1956)
Robert M. Leylan
Saidenberg Gallery, Inc., New York (acquired in 1968)
Serge Sabarsky, Inc., New York
Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Kenneth Kingrey, Honolulu (acquired by 1971)
Private Collection, California
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014

New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Paul Klee, A Retrospective Exhibition, 1969, no. 30

Will Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, no. 94
Paul Klee Foundation, ed., Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné 1927-1930, vol. V, Bern, 2001, no. 4917, illustrated p. 346

Executed on cream laid paper, intermittently attached at all four edges on the artist's mount, which is taped to the backing board at the upper two corners, and lower left corner. The sheet is very lightly time stained with a few very minor spots of foxing, one towards the center of the left edge, and one towards the lower left corner, with an pin-sized associated paper loss. One very minor paper scuff towards the upper left corner. All four edges are slightly irregular. Some mount staining to the artist's mount from previous framing. This work is in good condition.
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