Paul Klee (Münchenbuchsee 1879 – 1940 Muralto bei Locarno). ”Schreibendes Mädchen”. 1911 Pen and India ink on light grey paper, laid down on cardboard by the artist. 18,3 × 15,4 cm (32,5 × 24 cm) (7 ¼ × 6 ⅛ in. (12 ¾ × 9 ½ in.)). Signed lower right: Klee. On the mount cardboard titled at the bottom, dated and inscribed: schreibendes Mädchen 1911 67. Paul-Klee-Stiftung 662.– [3020] Provenance: Reinhard Esters, Krefeld / Private Collection, Hesse Exhibition: XXIX. Sonderausstellung, Paul Klee/Lyonel Feininger. Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, 1919/20, cat. no. 93 / 60. Ausstellung. Paul Klee (2. special issue "Der Ararat“). Munich, Galerie Neue Kunst Hans Goltz, 1920, cat. no. 279 / Paul Klee nelle collezioni private. Venice, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Ca’Pesaro, and Mailand, Palazzo Reale, 1986, cat. no. 13, w. ill. Literature and illustration: Wilhelm Hausenstein: Kairuan or eine Geschichte vom Maler Klee and von der Kunst dieses Zeitalters. Munich, Kurt Wolff Verlag, 1921, ill. p. 20/21