Paul Klee (after) - Kettledrummer Silkscreen, Framed (Signed in Plate)
Paul Klee (after) - Kettledrummer Silkscreen, Framed (Signed in Plate). Housed in a new black metal frame and matte under UV filtering acrylic. In excellent condition silkscreened unto archival rag paper.
Size: 21.25”W x 29.25”H
With Kettledrummer, Klee attained an extremely expressive degree of symbolism, even though he used plastic and chromatic means so sparingly. The figure consists only of two arms, one of which is linked to an encircled eye while the other is isolated in space like an exclamation mark. Two red patches (magenta and vermillion) add a dramatic emphasis. They give an optical expression to the drum rolls. The mysterious eye fixes the spectator with a searching look. This Kettledrummer from the apocalypse seems to be saying: "It is time!"
On July 8, 1937, when Klee was very ill, Lily Klee wrote to Grohmann: "He stays up until eleven at night, and the drawings fall to the ground one after the other." And in connection with the making of this work, Grohmann remembers Klee remarking that he had, "felt so excited it was as if I was beating a drum." Executed the same year as his death.
Paul Klee (after) - Kettledrummer Silkscreen, Framed (Signed in Plate). Housed in a new black metal frame and matte under UV filtering acrylic. In excellent condition silkscreened unto archival rag paper.
Size: 21.25”W x 29.25”H
With Kettledrummer, Klee attained an extremely expressive degree of symbolism, even though he used plastic and chromatic means so sparingly. The figure consists only of two arms, one of which is linked to an encircled eye while the other is isolated in space like an exclamation mark. Two red patches (magenta and vermillion) add a dramatic emphasis. They give an optical expression to the drum rolls. The mysterious eye fixes the spectator with a searching look. This Kettledrummer from the apocalypse seems to be saying: "It is time!"
On July 8, 1937, when Klee was very ill, Lily Klee wrote to Grohmann: "He stays up until eleven at night, and the drawings fall to the ground one after the other." And in connection with the making of this work, Grohmann remembers Klee remarking that he had, "felt so excited it was as if I was beating a drum." Executed the same year as his death.
Paul Klee (after) - Kettledrummer Silkscreen, Framed (Signed in Plate). Housed in a new black metal frame and matte under UV filtering acrylic. In excellent condition silkscreened unto archival rag paper.
Size: 21.25”W x 29.25”H
With Kettledrummer, Klee attained an extremely expressive degree of symbolism, even though he used plastic and chromatic means so sparingly. The figure consists only of two arms, one of which is linked to an encircled eye while the other is isolated in space like an exclamation mark. Two red patches (magenta and vermillion) add a dramatic emphasis. They give an optical expression to the drum rolls. The mysterious eye fixes the spectator with a searching look. This Kettledrummer from the apocalypse seems to be saying: "It is time!"
On July 8, 1937, when Klee was very ill, Lily Klee wrote to Grohmann: "He stays up until eleven at night, and the drawings fall to the ground one after the other." And in connection with the making of this work, Grohmann remembers Klee remarking that he had, "felt so excited it was as if I was beating a drum." Executed the same year as his death.
