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Paul Klee — Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker)
Paul Klee

Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker)

A masterful example of Paul Klee's whimsical and inventive visual language, this color lithograph depicts a delicate figure balancing upon a tightrope, rendered with the artist's characteristic blend of childlike simplicity and sophisticated compositional tension. Klee employs fine lines and a restrained yet expressive palette to evoke a sense of precarious equilibrium, suspending the performer between geometric forms and an ambiguous, dreamlike space. Printed on laid paper with the BSB watermark and retaining its full margins, this work exemplifies Klee's seamless fusion of playfulness, poetry, and technical mastery.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on laid paper watermark BSB, with full margins.

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Evening & Day Editions

April 23, 2019

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Paul Klee, Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker)

A masterful example of Paul Klee's whimsical and inventive visual language, this color lithograph depicts a delicate figure balancing upon a tightrope, rendered with the artist's characteristic blend of childlike simplicity and sophisticated compositional tension. Klee employs fine lines and a restrained yet expressive palette to evoke a sense of precarious equilibrium, suspending the performer between geometric forms and an ambiguous, dreamlike space. Printed on laid paper with the BSB watermark and retaining its full margins, this work exemplifies Klee's seamless fusion of playfulness, poetry, and technical mastery.

Medium
Lithograph in colors, on laid paper watermark BSB, with full margins.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Swiss-German Artist, Male Artist, Expressionism, Early 20th Century, Figurative Art, Bauhaus, Modern Master, Colorful, Circus Theme, Lithograph

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Cleveland Museum of Art