Paul KLEE Gerüche beim halben Mond - 1924 Ink on paper pasted on cardboard Signed upper right "Klee", dated, titled lower margin "1924.295. gerüche beim halben Mond", annotated upper left "gerüche den Mondnacht" and lower right "24/2/2". Sheet:12x11,70cm-4 3/4 x 4 5/8in Background board:24,50x17cm-9 5/8 x 6 3/4in Provenance: Lily Klee, Bern (1940-1946) Klee-Gesellschaft, Bern (1946-1950) Curt Valentin (Buchholz Gallery; Valentin Gallery), Berlin/New York (after 1950) G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh (until 1960) Galerie Beyeler, Basel (1960-1964) Sale Bern, Kornfeld & Klipstein, 27-29 May 1964, lot 620 Galerie Suzanne Bollag, Zürich (after 1964) Private collection, Spain Private collection, France Exhibitions: New York, Buchholz Gallery Curt Valentin, Klee. Sixty drawings, January - February 1951, no. 28 London, Institute of Contemporary Arts, Fifty drawings by Paul Klee. Collection of Curt Valentin, New York, November - December 1953, no. 20, reproduced Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Paul Klee. Max Beckmann, January - February 1954, no. 20, reproduced Berlin, Galerie Schüler, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen, 1954, no. 20 Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Düsseldorf, Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderne, G.David Thompson collection, October 1960 - November 1961, no. 76 Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Klee, March-April 1963, no. 23 Bibliography: W. Grohmann, Paul Klee. Handzeichnungen 1921 - 1930, Potsdam/Berlin, 1934, no. 103 Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 4: 1923-1926, Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Bern, London, Thames and Hudson, 1998-2004, no. 3668, reproduced in black and white on p. 277. Ink on paper laid down on cardboard; signed upper right, dated and titled at the bottom in the margin, annotated upper left and lower right Paul KLEE Ink on paper laid down on cardboard; signed upper right, dated and titled at the bottom in the margin, annotated upper left and lower right