Vogelsam̄Lung I "Drei Exempl."
1915
Paul Klee's 1915 "Vogelsammlung I 'Drei Exempl.'" combines watercolor with a chalk ground base mounted on cardboard, exemplifying his experimental multimedia approach. The work's title references bird collecting and suggests playful abstraction merged with natural observation. Klee's layered technique creates luminous effects and visual complexity characteristic of his innovative Modernist practice.
- Medium
- watercolor on chalk ground on paper mounted on cardboard
- Location
- Sotheby's, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Sotheby'sView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern Day Auction
November 17, 2021
Estimate: $150,000 to $250,000
Lot 124
Spotted works by Paul Klee
Artists in conversation
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian · b. 1866
Kandinsky shares Klee's commitment to geometric abstraction layered with vibrant watercolor and experimental modernist techniques, creating works that balance playful visual complexity with deeply considered compositional structure.
Joan Miró
Spanish · b. 1893
Miró's whimsical biomorphic and geometric forms frequently reference birds and natural creatures in a colorful, abstracted manner that closely echoes Klee's playful fusion of natural observation with modernist abstraction.
August Macke
German · b. 1887
Macke worked alongside Klee and similarly employed luminous watercolor washes over layered grounds to achieve radiant color effects, producing experimental geometric compositions that share the same early twentieth century modernist sensibility.
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