Little World ("Kleinwelt")
Artist
Paul Klee
(Swiss, 1879-1940)
Date1914
MediumEtching on paper
DimensionsOverall: 10 3/8 x 9in. (26.4 x 22.9cm)
Image: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4in. (14 x 9.5cm)
Image: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4in. (14 x 9.5cm)
ClassificationsPRINTS
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Terms
Object number53.170
DescriptionKleine WeltOn View
Not on viewCollections
CopyrightPresumed copyright: the artist or the artist's representative/heir(s) / Licensing by ARS, New York, NY
Label TextKlee made this whimsical etching the year he traveled to Northern Africa where the quality of light he encountered there resolved his earlier struggles to include color in his compositions. After returning to Europe he painted his first pure abstractions; pictures made solely of grids and colored shapes. This diminutive etching was made the same year but, in contrast to his abstractions, exhibits a dense skein of imaginary, figurative forms and childlike faces emerging from a dark background.
PDS
May 2012
