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1920525531920. KLEE Paul. Potstdamer Platz. By Curt Corinth. Illustrated with 10 lithographs by Klee. 8vo. bound in later 3/4 maroon morocco over decorative paper boards title gilt on spine. Munich: Georg Müller Verlag 1920. Klee's only attempt at book-illustration using original prints. Klee's only other book Kandide is illustrated with reproductions of his drawings. This is an extremely rare volume which virtually never appears on the market. The Artist and the Book 144. hardcover books
14336Significant modern artist whose individual style was influenced by and participated in movements including expressionism cubism and surrealism. A rare Autograph Letter Signed and dated May 18 1929 from his home and studio in Dessau. The letter was written during Klee's most prolific period when some of his most recognizable works were created. Expressing awareness about the importance of harnessing a moment of creative energy Klee writes of his choice to "concentrate right now on my production and put everything else to one side that is not important." This is a significant letter about Klee's artistic process and we have only seen one other like it on the market in over 30 years.<br/><br/>Klee writes in full in his hand "My wife who usually helps me with these kind of things will return today. Please be a little bit patient because I not only receive many letters and am very busy but I also have to concentrate right now on my production and put everything else to one side that is not important." He signs boldly "Klee." Hand-addressed to the reverse by the artist Klee signs his name again more formally "Professor Klee" to the top left.<br/><br/>Only four months before this letter Klee had returned to from a trip to Egypt. He felt profoundly inspired by the clean lines and simplicity of the 5000 year old culture he had witnessed and he felt inspired to pare down his already clean and simple style. The resulting inspiration led to the rapid production of some of Klee's most advanced and identifiable artwork. Completely devoted to his creative endeavors Klee resented all outside distraction as he notes in this letter "I not only receive many letters and am very busy but I also have to concentrate right now on my production." For the next year Klee spent most of his time painting fervently in his studio within the house he shared with fellow painter Kandinsky. Klee's total devotion to art at this time was crucial; only a few years later the pressure of anti-Jewish sentiment forced him to leave Dessau followed by a decline in his health which ultimately led to the painter's early death. But during the golden year of 1929 as he was writing this letter Klee produced many such masterpieces as his "Fire in the Evening" "Highways and Byways" "Uncomposed Objects in Space" "Monument in Fertile Country" "Fishing Streamer" "Clown Pyramidal" and "Strong Dream." The same year an extensive monograph on Klee was published by the Cahiers d'Art publishing house in Paris and the Flechtheim Gallery in Berlin held an exhibition to mark the occasion of his fiftieth birthday. <br/><br/>An excellent letter on his artistic process written at the same time the modern artist was achieving some of his greatest work. Extremely rare as we have seen only one other letter like it on the market in 30 years. The letter is in excellent condition with a small bend to one corner. unknown books
1957310901London: Lund Humphries 1957. Folio. Faux vellum spine and cloth. Folio. Lund Humphries unknown books
1973175513New York: George Wittenborn Inc 1973. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. First printing. 454 pages. Translated from the German by Heinz Norden. Includes some tipped in color plates and numerous black and white illustrations. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some very minor wear. A nicer than usual copy. George Wittenborn, Inc unknown books
1920WRCLIT82231Munich: Kurt Wolff Verlag 1920. Small quarto 26 x 20 cm. Cloth backed boards lettered in gilt. Tips a bit bumped lower edges shelf-rubbed very good. First this edition illustrated with 26 pencil drawings by Paul Klee. "This book is included as one of the few examples of Klee's book illustration as well as an important record of his early drawing style" - Artist & The Book. ARTIST & THE BOOK 143. Kurt Wolff Verlag hardcover books
194119167New York: Oxford Univ. Press 1941. First edition. Boards. Orig. decorated spiral bound stiff boards with yap edges. Very good. Klee Paul. 35 pages in text. 28 x 24 cm. Introduction by James Johnson Sweeney. Two tipped-in color serigraphs -- Fulfillment 1920 and Figure of the Oriental Theatre sixty full-page black and white plates plus photograph of Klee by Josef Albers 1929. Bibliography. Backstrip darkened slight rubbing spine extremities interior clean and fresh. Oxford Univ. Press unknown books
2002156892Swiridoff Verlag Künzelsau 2002. Hardcover. VG- Ex-art library with identifying marks on book block edges and on outermost pages incl. due slips and barcodes; faint label marks on outer spines; page edges are beginning to tan lightly text and illus. are clean. 2 vols. Gray cloth with transparent titled dust jackets 1211 total pp. color and BW illus. The full two-volume set that showcases the artwork assembled by German businessman and art collector Reinhold Würth b. 1935. Issued upon the opening of the Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall in May 2001. Includes many thematic and illustrated essays as well as full-color close-ups of the many examples of modern art. A scarce set and suitable for hours of happy browsing. Swiridoff Verlag Künzelsau hardcover books
1959168382Milano: Feltrinelli 1959. First Italian edition. Hardcover. Text in Italian. Edited by Jurg Spiller. Includes 1200 illustrations in color and black and white illustrations. A very good copy with some spotting to the boards a small spot to the fore edge and some other very minor wear in an about fair dust jacket with large chips and tears and partially in pieces. Looks more presentable in mylar jacket protector. Uncommon in any condition. Feltrinelli unknown books
194126762New York New York: Oxford University Press - Nierendorf Gallery 1941. Including two color serigraphs; a photo-portrait of Paul Klee by Joseph Albers 1929; introduction by James Johnson Sweeney notes by Karl Nierendorf; with a useful bibliography. Previous owner name in pencil on endpaper. Approx. 9 1/2" x 11" size; heavy cardstock over-cover over spiral binding. Some edge tips wear soiling & old dampstain to edge of over-cover; color plates & text clean; in good condition. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Good. Illus. by Paul Klee. Oxford University Press - Nierendorf Gallery paperback books
196926165Basel: Editions Beyeler Basel 1969. Very good with a touch of edge wear to wrappers in a blue printed acetate jacket with a few chips at the corners and a crack along back near spine head. A nice copy in a very presentable example of the delicate jacket. First Edition. Square quarto. Scarce catalogue for the exhibition held at Galerie Beyeler Basel January - February 1970. A survey of 20th century avant-garde painting beautifully illustrated with tipped-in color plates of works by Ernst Klee Tanguy Miró Kandinsky de Kooning Pollock Léger Lichtenstein Magritte Picasso Rothko Schwitters and many more. Basel: Editions Beyeler Basel unknown books
192128305München: Kurt Wolff 1921. First edition; E.A. Cloth backed boards inner hinges slightly worn else fine. Woodcut bookplate of the artist Stefan Eggeler. <br/><br/> Kurt Wolff hardcover books
192515421MUNICH MUFARION VERLAG 1925 1925. 28 DRAWINGS BY KLEE-PALYI; JUST JACKET FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD. F. Hardcover. MUNICH, MUFARION VERLAG, 1925 hardcover books
1959240New York: Abrams 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/good . Large square folio. Mostly color illus. Glassine cover as issued torn. Mostly color illus. in mats made to be removed from book for framing. <br/><br/> Abrams hardcover books
1955167026Paris: Berggruen & Cie 1955. First edition. Small softcover. Original lithograph cover printed by Mourlot. Text in French with a poem by Jacques Prevert and a fold out facsimile letter to Paul Eluard. A close to near fine copy in wrappers with some very minor wear. An attractive little book. Berggruen & Cie unknown books
1967148714Ann Arbor MI: The University of Michigan Press 1967. First edition. Hardcover. 124 pages. A collection of Christian Morgenstern's poems translated from the German by W.D. Snodgrass and Lore Segal. Includes illustrations by Paul Klee. A fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear and a fe small tears. Signed and inscribed by Snodgrass on the dedication page: "for Peter with much gratitude and all good wishes the first signed copy! De Snodgrass." Uncommon signed. The University of Michigan Press unknown books
195822276NY: Abrams 1958. Large 4to pp. 61. 32 plates. Color plates are enclosed in paper mats. Cover somewhat soiled o/w a very good copy in torn dj. Paintings drawings and short quotations by the artist and commentary by various critics. Abrams unknown books
195215420NP NP CA 1952 1952. INSCRIBED BY KLEE-PALYI ILLUSTRATOR; TAN PICTORIAL WRAPPERS VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Authors. Soft cover. NP, NP, CA 1952 paperback books
28693New York: Nierendorf Gallery No Date. First edition. Loose Sheets. Fine. Single small sheet of thick rag paper folded to form a small booklet. An announcement of an exhibition of paintings and watercolors by Paul Klee at Nierendorf Gallery in New York. Not dated but looks to be of an early 1940's vintage. Sheet is folded slightly askew else it is in fine condition. 36 items are listed in the interior two pages - all works dated from as early as 1920 and as late as 1939. Nierendorf Gallery unknown books
1960159380New York: Harry N. Abrams 1960. Hardcover. 448 pages. A comprehensive monograph with text by Grohmann. Includes hundreds of black and white illustrations and numerous color plates. A clean and tight very near fine copy in a close to near fine dust jacket with some minor wear to the spine. A very nice copy of what remains one of the better books on Klee. Harry N. Abrams unknown books
1959144352Paris: Berggruen & Cie 1959. First edition. Small softcover. Text in French by Klee Kandinsky Kenneth Linday and Pierre Valboudt. Includes several color and black and white illustrations. A very good copy in wrappers with some minor wear tiny tear to the top of the front panel and a former owner signature to the title page and verso of the front cover. Still a pleasing copy of this nicely printed catalog. Berggruen & Cie unknown books
1994RKANELA00MELHaus der Kunst 1994. Very Good. Kandinski. Elan Vital oder das Auge des Eros Elan Vital or the Eye of Eros in German. Klee; Arp; Miro; Calder. Munich: Haus der Kunst 1994. 566pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 4to. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with rubbed edges and two faint creases in rear cover. Many color plates of works that were shown together in an exhibition. Haus der Kunst paperback books
1960178105New York: Pantheon Books 1960. Hardcover. VG corners lightly bumped light edgewear to boards pages are otherwise very clean. Burgundy cloth boards with stamped gilt lettering white spine with gilt lettering 120 pp 26 bw illustrations. Includes 26 illustrations by artist Paul Klee. Pantheon Books hardcover books
1967009043New York: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. First edition. Significant 146 pp retrospective on Klee with text by Will Grohmann. Includes the new explanatory card for plate number 111. Near fine condition in tall bound decorated wrappers. <br/><br/> Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum paperback books
195739412Cologne 1957. hardcover. Herausgegeben von Felix Klee. Illustrated. 423pp. Thick small 4to yellow cloth. Koln: Schauberg 1957. Very good.<br/><br/> unknown books
1961156112New York: Abrams 1961. Second. hardcover. very good/very good-. With 16 color plates in detachable mats two extra mats in pocket at rear; some other b/w illustrations. Slim square 4to black and white cloth with large pictorial label on cover lettered mylar wrapper a few chips and tears. New York: Abrams 1961. Second edition. As usual the white cloth is a bit sun-darkened at edges otherwise a very good copy in very good- dust wrapper.<br/><br/> Abrams unknown books
