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Frau mit Fürtuch
Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879–1940) · 1938 - work number 1938.179 (L 19)
CHF 150,000 hammer
≈ $168,360≈ £131,152≈ €153,529
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- Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →As published: “Charcoal and gouache on jute on cardboard”
- Support
- Board
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 30.5 x 12.5 cm, jute; 41.2 x 27.5 cm, backing board
- Auction house
- Kornfeld
- Sale
- Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
- Date
- June 16, 2023
- Location
- Bern, Switzerland
- Lot
- 92
- Estimate
- CHF 175,000 – — (≈ $196,420) (≈ £153,011) (≈ €179,117)
- Source
- Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (2)
- Coll. Hans and Erika Meyer-Benteli, Bern, by inheritance to
- Private collection Switzerland
Literature (2)
- Catalogue raisonné: Catalogue raisonné, Paul Klee, vol. 7, Werke 1934-1938, Bern 2003, no. 7381
- Christian Rümelin, Klees Umgang mit seinem eigenen Œuvre, in: Ausstellungskatalog Balingen 2001, pag. 221, note 103
As published by Kornfeld.
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