Fish Magic
Paul Klee, Swiss, 1879 - 1940
Geography:
Made in Europe
Date:
1925Medium:
Oil and watercolor on canvas on panelDimensions:
30 3/8 × 38 3/4 inches (77.2 × 98.4 cm) Framed: 38 5/16 × 46 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (97.3 × 118.1 × 8.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
1950-134-112Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Made in Europe
Date:
1925Medium:
Oil and watercolor on canvas on panelDimensions:
30 3/8 × 38 3/4 inches (77.2 × 98.4 cm) Framed: 38 5/16 × 46 1/2 × 3 1/4 inches (97.3 × 118.1 × 8.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 166, Modern and Contemporary Art, first floor
Accession Number:1950-134-112Credit Line:
The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950
Label:
In Fish Magic, Paul Klee creates a magical realm where the aquatic, the celestial, and the earthly intermingle. A delicate black surface covers an underlayer of colors, which the artist revealed by scratching and scrawling designs in the black paint. At the center of the painting, a square of muslin is glued onto the canvas. A long diagonal line reaching to the top of the clock tower is poised as if to whisk off this subtle curtain.
In Fish Magic, Paul Klee creates a magical realm where the aquatic, the celestial, and the earthly intermingle. A delicate black surface covers an underlayer of colors, which the artist revealed by scratching and scrawling designs in the black paint. At the center of the painting, a square of muslin is glued onto the canvas. A long diagonal line reaching to the top of the clock tower is poised as if to whisk off this subtle curtain.
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