Quill pen and watercolor on paper, cut up and reassembled, on a second sheet of paper with marginal borders on cardboard. Signed twice, titled, and inscribed “V.1.” and “II” in the lower left. Titled in the lower right. 13.5 x 27.5 cm. Cardboard: 29,3 x 48,8 cm.
[AW].

• A vibrant panorama in which geometric and organic forms merge into a landscape composition.
• Paul Klee translates a musical-rhythmic vocabulary into a luminous and watercolor.
• At the peak of his career in 1928, he taught at the Bauhaus and went on an inspiring trip to Egypt.
• In the family collection of Joella and Herbert Bayer for over 70 years; Herbert Bayer taught at the Bauhaus in Dessau, where he befriended Josef Albers, Walter Gropius, and Paul Klee.
LITERATURE: Paul-Klee-Foundation, Kunstmuseum Bern (ed.), Paul Klee. Catalogue raisonné. 1883-1940, 9 vols., Bern 1998-2003, vol. 5, CR no. 4753 (illustrated on p. 266).

[Aquarelle von Paul Klee], Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Dessau, October-November 1929, cat. no. 75. Paul Klee Memorial Exhibition, Kunsthalle Basel, Feb. 15-Mar. 23, 1941, cat. no. 209 (illustrated in color on p. 213)

Lily Klee Collection, Bern (1940-1946). Klee Society, Bern (1946-1949). Buchholz Gallery/Valentin Gallery, Berlin/New York (1949-1950). Joella and Herbert Bayer Collection, Aspen & Montecito (likely acquired from the above) Jonathan Bayer Collection, Aspen & London (inherited from the above, in possession of the family since then). Private collection, Southern Germany (acquired from the above)