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Paul Klee

Recto: Columbarium of the Ochsenfrosch Family (Urnenstatte der Familie Ochsenfrosch), 1922

Description

Maker

  • Paul Klee, 1879-1940, Swiss

Title

Recto: Columbarium of the Ochsenfrosch Family (Urnenstatte der Familie Ochsenfrosch)

Year

1922

Medium

Oil paint on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • oil

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 38.6 x 48.3 cm (15 3/16 x 19 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed:Klee 1922/182

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Drawings and Watercolors

Credit

Anonymous gift in memory of William Warren Orswell

Object Number

46.470A

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Dreams and Nightmares

November 5, 2004 - January 23, 2005

Klee was a member of the Blaue Reiter group and later a teacher at the Bauhaus. Here the artist divided the picture plane into a series of geometric shapes in a rhythmic exploration of color and form. The silhouettes of the funerary urns in the sepulchral vault (columbarium) evoke the central mystery of death.

"The Center Cannot Hold"

March 1 - July 1, 1999

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Columbarium of the Ochsenfrosch Family (Urnenstatte der Familie Ochsenfrosch), 1894-1944

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