PAUL KLEE
Swiss painter; sculptor,
draftsman, printmaker, violinist,
and teacher at the Bauhaus
school. With his drawings
Klee bound sophisticated
theories to personal and
often witty childlike imagery.
He is author of The Thinking
Eye (1923), well-worn copies
of which are found in many
art schools.Layers of marks In this pale
Dentil drawing we see layers
of' agitated marks that together
present a kind of visual "itch." They
chatter in groups, turning our eye
around and around inside the
bodies and postures of the paper-thin creatures, all happily drawn
on top of each other in the same
pictorial space.Endless lines Look closely at how
Klee's lines rarely leave the paper
and how they are free from the
constraint of finite shape. They
remain in contact with the surface
of the page and scribble back
and forth as they maneuver from
one area to another. The entire
drawing suggests the endless small
movements of horses standing still.Scene der Komischen Reiter
(Scene of Comical Riders)
1935
161 / 2 x 111 / 2 in (419x291 mm)
Morton G. Neumann Family
Collection, Chicago
PAUL KLEE