signed 'Klee' (lower right); dated, numbered and inscribed 'IV 1929. C.7. der Ballon im Fenster' (on the artist's mount)

watercolour on paper, laid down on the artist's mount

Image: 12 ¾ x 9 ½ in. (32.5 x 24.2 cm.) The artist's mount: 13 ⅝ x 9 ¾ in. (34.5 x 24.7 cm.) Executed in 1929

Provenance

Lily Klee, Bern, by descent from the artist in 1940, until 1946. Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern, by 1946, until 1947. Douglas Cooper, London & Argilliers, until 1955. Galerie Berggruen, Paris, by 1955. Hanover Gallery, London. Sir Edward & Lady Nika Hulton, London, by whom acquired from the above in 1956. Galerie Beyeler, Basel (no. 7896), by whom acquired from the above, circa 1973. Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired from the above on 9 September 1981. Anonymous sale, Finarte, Lugano, 28 March 1992, lot 91.