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May Picture
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WMET0097
Our Inspiration: May Picture
Paul Klee (German, b. Switzerland, 1879–1940)
Oil on cardboard, 16 5/8 x 19 1/2 in., 1925
The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984 1984.315.42
This painting is from Paul Klee’s Magic Square series, which grew out of a visit to Tunisia in 1914. Klee embraced the full power of abstraction by fractioning the landscape into squares, which seem to extend beyond the edges of the painting. The squares themselves can be viewed as oddly-shaped stones assembled to form a mosaic. The work also reveals Klee’s preoccupation with color theory, which informed his teaching at the Bauhaus.
Our Inspiration: May Picture
Paul Klee (German, b. Switzerland, 1879–1940)
Oil on cardboard, 16 5/8 x 19 1/2 in., 1925
The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1984 1984.315.42
This painting is from Paul Klee’s Magic Square series, which grew out of a visit to Tunisia in 1914. Klee embraced the full power of abstraction by fractioning the landscape into squares, which seem to extend beyond the edges of the painting. The squares themselves can be viewed as oddly-shaped stones assembled to form a mosaic. The work also reveals Klee’s preoccupation with color theory, which informed his teaching at the Bauhaus.