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Paul Klee, Rotgeflügelte Sumpfhühner, 1925 - work number 1925.108 (A 8), Fine pastels and pen and Indian ink over black wash on gouache or watercolour© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Rotgeflügelte Sumpfhühner

Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879–1940) · 1925 - work number 1925.108 (A 8)

CHF 220,000 hammer

≈ $246,928≈ £192,356≈ €225,176

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Medium
Pastel · Works on paper all pastel results →
As published: “Fine pastels and pen and Indian ink over black wash on gouache or watercolour”
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
22.8 x 28.8 cm, image with writing and end line; 23.5 x 29.4 cm, cardboard
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 278: Live Auction - Part 1 (278)
Date
June 16, 2023
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
87
Estimate
CHF 250,000 – — (≈ $280,600) (≈ £218,587) (≈ €255,882)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (3)
  • Collection Hanni Bürgi-Bigler, Bern
  • Collection Rolf and Catherine E. Bürgi, Bern
  • Private collection Switzerland
Exhibitions (6)
  • Bern 1931, Kunsthalle, Paul Klee, Walter Helbig, M. de Vlaminck, Phillipp Bauknecht, Arnold Huggler, cat. no. 18
  • Bern 1937, Art Museum, Paul Klee. On loan from Mrs. H. Bürgi and property of the Kunstmuseum, cat. no. 56
  • Basel 1950, Kunstmuseum, Paul Klee, 1879-1940. Ausstellung aus Schweizer Privatsammlungen. Zum 10. Todestag 29. Juni 1950, cat. no. 59
  • Bern 1956, Museum of Art, Paul Klee. Ausstellung in Verbindung mit der Paul-Klee-Stiftung, cat. no. 530, label on reverse
  • Andros 1993, Museum of Modern Art, Paul Klee, cat. no. 54, reprod.
  • Bern/Hamburg/Edinburgh 2000, Kunstmuseum/Kunsthalle/Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Paul Klee. Die Sammlung Bürgi, cat. no. 85, reprod.
Literature (3)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Catalogue raisonné, Paul Klee, vol. 4, Works 1923-1926, Bern 2000, no. 3789
  • Paul Klee. Der Künstler und die Sammlerin, in: Du, 60th year, no. 703, February 2000, reprod.
  • Stefan Frey, Hanni Bürgi-Bigler: Sammlerin und Mäzenin Paul Klees. Zur Geschichte ihrer Sammlung, in: Exhibition catalogue Bern/Hamburg/Edinburgh 2000, pag. 19

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