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A dense, vertical black-and-white print filled with chaotic, tightly packed scribbles and heavily textured lines. The rectangular composition consists of overlapping abstract shapes and fragmented, distorted forms densely merged into a heavily shaded mass.
Kleinwelt
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Kleinwelt

Artist Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879 - 1940)
Date1914
MediumEtching
Dimensionssheet: 14 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (37.8 x 26.7 cm)
image: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (14 x 9.5 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Alleen K. and Carl Feiss
Object number1997.1.5
Collections
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