Gemischt (Mixed)

1927

Paul Klee

Associated Names
Paul Klee

Artist, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

The image shows an arrangement of pencil or ink lines forming interconnected, abstract shapes. The lines curve and twist to create outlines resembling animal-like forms, including elongated creatures with ears and limbs that suggest foxes or dogs in an abstract style. The overlapping lines convey motion and energy, capturing the essence of familiar creatures in an imaginative and stylized way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    reed pen and black ink over traces of graphite

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.5 x 41.8 cm (11 5/8 x 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.7.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Helfenstein 2000, no. 4372

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Paul Prouté, Paris); purchased 1988 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 54, as Gemischt (Mixed).

Bibliography

1977

  • Proute, DESSINS-TABLEAUX ESTAMPES ANCIENNES, 1987,no.71..

1998

  • Helfenstein, Josef, and Christian Rumelin. Paul Klee: Catalogue Raisonné, Vol. V. Bern, 2000: 4372.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 54.

Inscriptions

upper right in black ink: KLEE; on separate sheet of paper, lower center in black ink: 1927 F.8 gemischt

Wikidata ID

Q64619058

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