Modern Art & Design 
22 October 2017
Modern Art & Design 
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Paul Klee

Ein Komet am Horizont Einer Stadt (A Comet on the Horizon of a Town)

1918
Ink and watercolor on paper mounted to card
estimate: $80,000–120,000
result: $156,250
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Composition/sheet: 5.75 x 6.375; Mount (vis.): 8.5 x 7.75; Frame: 17.5 x 16.375; (Composition/sheet: 15 x 16 cm)
Signature: Signed upper right sheet; titled with date inscription 1918/200 lower right mount
provenance: Willy Hahn, Stuttgart, Germany; Berggruen & Cie, Paris, France (acquired directly from the above, 1958); Private Collection, Hollywood, California (acquired directly from the above, c. 1958)
literature: Paul Klee Catalogue Raisonné. Vol. II. J. Helfenstein, ed. 2000. #2047. Paul Klee: Das bildnerische Denken. J. Spiller. 1956. 322.

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