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braunes Δ rechtw. strebendes Dreieck, 1915,71

Paul Klee

Information

Artist

Paul Klee

1879
Münchenbuchsee bei Bern, Schweiz

1940
Locarno-Muralto, Schweiz

Work data

Material/Technique

Watercolor on chalk ground on paper, mounted on cardboard

Dimensions

Sheet: 21.3 × 13.4 cm
Frame: 54.3 × 44.3 × 3 cm

Signature

Bez. o.r.: "Klee", a.d. Karton u.l.: "1915.71"

Accession Number

0003

Catalogue Raisonné

Cat. Rais. Nr. 1404

Acquisition year

1960

Provenance

From its creation in 1915 until at least 1922, the work “braunes Δ rechtw. strebendes Dreieck” by Paul Klee remained the property of the artist, who gave it to his art dealer Hans Goltz on consignment in 1920. It is not yet known where it was kept from 1922 until October 1950. In November 1950, Branka Musulin-Bienert, the wife of Friedrich Bienert, son of Ida Bienert, consigned the work to an auction at the Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, but withdrew it again before the auction. From at least 1952, it was in the New Art Circle art dealership of J. B. Neumann in New York. From there, the Saidenberg Gallery in New York purchased the work. In 1957 it entered the collection of G. David Thompson, where it remained until it was sold to the Galerie Beyeler in Basel in 1960. The state of North Rhine-Westphalia subsequently purchased the work “braunes Δ rechtw. strebendes Dreieck” from Galerie Beyeler together with a further 87 works by Paul Klee. They formed the core of the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, which was founded in 1961.

Between 2009 and 2012, several freelance provenance researchers examined the origins (provenance) of all works in the collection of the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen as part of a comprehensive research project funded by the German Lost Art Foundation. The focus was on all works created before 1945. For the painting “braunes Δ rechtw. strebendes Dreieck,” the ownership history during the National Socialist period (1933–1945) could not be fully clarified. For this reason, the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen commissioned a more in-depth investigation into the history of this work in 2025.

If you have any questions or information regarding this work, please contact us:
Dr. Vivien Trommer
Head of Collection
trommer@kunstsammlung.de

Credit line

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Exhibitions
  • Paul Klee. Konstruktion - Intuition, 7.12.1990-2.3.1991, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
  • Paul Klee - Im Zeichen der Teilung, 20.1.-16.4.1995, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • Jawlensky in der Schweiz 1914-1921. Begegnungen mit Arp, Hodler, Janco, Klee, Lehmbruck, Richter, Taeuber-Arp, 26.10.2000-13.1.2001, Kunsthaus Zürich
  • Unser 20. Jahrhundert - Meisterwerke von Picasso bis Beuys, 14.7.-28.10.2000, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • Paul Klee. Kleinode. Die Sammlung, 22.6.-25.8.2001, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
  • Art and Utopia: Limited Action, 25.5.-28.8.2004, Museu d'Art Contemporani Barcelona
  • Paul Klee. Erzählung und Schöpfung, 23.6.-9.12.2006, Kawamura Memorial Museum of Art, Sakura/Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Sapporo/The Miyagi Museum of Art, Sendai
  • L'action restreinte. L'art moderne selon Mallarmé, 6.4.-2.7.2005, Musee des Beaux Arts de Nantes
  • Masterpieces of Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen / Meisterwerke der Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, 17.10.2008-30.5.2009, Nagoya City Art Museum, Bunkamura Museum of Art in Tokyo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe
  • Die Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen zu Gast in Gottorf. Picasso, Klee, Beckmann, Matisse und weitere Künstler in Schloß Gottorf, 18.7.-24.10.2009, Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloß Gottorf, Schleswig
  • 100 x Paul Klee. Geschichte der Bilder, 28.9.2012-20.4.2013, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K21 Ständehaus
  • The EY Exhibition - Paul Klee: Making Visible, 15.10.2013-8.3.2014, Tate Modern, London
  • Nach Ägypten! Die Reisen von Max Slevogt und Paul Klee, 5.9.2014-3.1.2015, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, K20 Grabbeplatz
  • Nach Ägypten! Die Reisen von Max Slevogt und Paul Klee, 29.4.-2.8.2014, Galerie Neue Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum
  • Paul Klee, 14.1.-30.4.2016, Moderna Museet, Stockholm
  • Paul Klee! Meisterwerke aus der Kunstsammlung NRW, 20.3.-18.7.2015, Kunsthalle Emden
  • museum global: Prolog: Paul Klee. Eine Sammlung auf Reisen, 12.10.2018-9.3.2019, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (K20 Grabbeplatz, Kleehalle)
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abstract Modern Art
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