Lot #798: PAUL KLEE - Auftrieb - Original color lithograph

   

Artist: Paul Klee (Swiss/German, 1879 - 1940).
Title: "Auftrieb ["Soaring and Gliding"]".
Medium: Original color lithograph.
Date: Composed 1932. Printed later.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 5/8 x 9 3/4 in. (244 x 248 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $400
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $600/700
Lot Note(s): Signed in the image, lower center. Felix Paul Klee handstamp, verso. Small edition. Thin cream wove paper. Printed to the edge of the sheet. Fine impression. Bright, fresh colors. Very good to fine condition. Provenance: Acquired directly from Felix Paul Klee.
Comment(s): This edition was authorized by Klee shortly before his death in 1940 but delayed by World War II until after the war. It was printed under the immediate supervision of Klee's son, Felix Paul Klee (1907-1990), a prominent art historian and later director of the Paul Klee Foundation. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29287-2-400-NA]