PAUL KLEE (1879-1940)
Bildnis Versuch M.T.
signed 'Klee' (upper right), inscribed 'Bildnis Versuch M.T.' (lower right, on the artist's mount) and further inscribed and dated '1929. P 7' (lower left, on the artist's mount)
pen and paper laid down on the artist's mount
12 1/4 x 9 9/16 in (31.1 x 24.3 cm) (image)
20 x 14 9/16 in (50.8 x 37 cm) (artist's mount)
Executed in 1929
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Bern, until 1953.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne.
James Wise Collection, Geneva, New York & Nice, by 1954.
Galerie Berggruen & Cie, Paris.
Sale: Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, April 29, 1955, lot 28.
Michel Boubisse Collection, Bern.
James Wise Collection, Geneva, New York & Nice, until 1959.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
Robert Fraser Collection, New York, by 1960.
Saidenberg Gallery, New York.
John S. Pillsbury Collection, Wayzata, Minnesota, by 1963.
Edmund P. Pillsbury Collection, Dallas (by descent from the above).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York, by 1972.
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London.
Joseph Wolpe Fine Art, Cape Town, by 1990.
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1990.

Exhibited
Vienna, Galerie Würthle, Paul Klee, zeichnungen und aquarelle 1913-40, February - March 1959, no. 21.
Geneva, Galerie D. Benador, Paul Klee, aquarelles et dessins, July 1959, no. 7.
New York, Saidenberg Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Paul Klee, January 8 – February 16, 1963, no. 24.

Literature
W. Grohmann, Paul Klee, Handzeichnungen 1921-1930, Berlin, 1934, no. 28.
C. Geelhaar, Paul Klee und das Bauhaus, Cologne, 1972, no. 96 (illustrated p. 128).
The Paul Klee Foundation (ed.), Paul Klee, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. V, 1927-1930, London, 2001, no. 4823 (illustrated p. 290).

The sheet is affixed to the artist's mount at several points, verso, original to the artist. The artist's mount is secured to its backing board with four clear corner mounts. Light creasing to the corners of the artist's mount. The sheet and the mount are light stained within the mount window. Light spots of foxing scattered throughout. Subject to the foregoing, it is in our opinion that the work appears to be in excellent condition.