Artworks · Paul Klee

Three Heads (Drei Köpfe)

1919 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 4 3/4 x 5 13/16" (12.1 x 14.8 cm); sheet: 7 3/4 x 9 3/16" (19.7 x 23.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Forest (Wald) from the deluxe periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphikvol. 1, no. 9

1919 · Lithograph

composition: 6 7/8 x 4 15/16" (17.4 x 12.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/4 x 8 15/16" (28.5 x 22.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Potsdamer Platz oder Die Nächte des neuen Messias. Ekstatische Visionen (Potsdamer Platz or The Nights of the New Messiah. Ecstatic Visions)

1919 · Illustrated book with ten offset lithograph reproductions

page (each): 8 × 5 5/16" (20.3 × 13.5 cm); overall (closed): 8 3/8 × 5 9/16 × 9/16" (21.2 × 14.2 × 1.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Acrobats (Akrobaten) (plate, page 10) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 1 (January 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with six lithographs

composition (irreg.): 7 1/2 x 3 1/16" (19.1 x 7.7 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Nightmare (Der schreckliche Traum) (plate, page 185) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 11/12 (December 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with nine lithographs

composition (irreg.): 7 x 4 3/8" (17.8 x 11.1 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Portrait (Porträt) (plate, page 143) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 9 (September 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.2 x 16 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Forest (Wald) (plate, page 142) from the periodical Münchner Blätter für Dichtung und Graphik, vol. 1, no. 9 (September 1919)

1919 · Lithograph from a periodical with five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 6 9/16 x 4 15/16" (16.7 x 12.5 cm); page: 10 13/16 x 8 9/16" (27.5 x 21.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1918 · Watercolor and gouache with graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down on tan wove card.

Primary support: 22.7 × 18 cm (8 15/16 × 7 1/8 in.); Secondary support: 32.4 × 24.9 cm (12 13/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Cosmic Revolutionary

1918 · Pen and brown ink, on cream wove paper, laid down on cream wood-pulp laminate card

24.6 × 22 cm (9 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)

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Bird Comedy

1918 · Lithograph on paper

Image: 42.5 × 20.5 cm (16 3/4 × 8 1/8 in.); Sheet: 51 × 36.5 cm (20 1/8 × 14 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Comedy of Birds (Vogelkomödie) for the portfolio 25 Original Lithographs by the Munich New Secession (25 Original-Lithographien der Münchener Neuen Secession)

1918 · Lithograph

composition: 16 5/8 x 8" (42.3 x 20.3 cm); sheet: 20 7/8 x 15 3/8" (53 x 39 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

With the Flag (Mit der Fahne)

1918 · Ink on paper on board

12 5/8 x 9 5/8" (32.1 x 24.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Persische Nachtigallen (Persian Nightingales)

1917 · gouache, watercolor, and pen and black ink over graphite on laid paper, mounted on cardboard; the sheet bordered at the top with yellow paper strip mounted to support

overall: 22.8 x 18.1 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Hieroglyph with Fish and Bird

1917 · Graphite on off-white wove paper, laid down on tan wove card

Primary support: 13.9 × 21.4 cm (5 1/2 × 8 7/16 in.); Secondary support: 25 × 32.2 cm (9 7/8 × 12 11/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Hope and Destruction (Zerstörung und Hoffnung)

1916 · lithograph with watercolor

National Gallery of Art

The Suicide on the Bridge

1916 · Drypoint on gelatine plate on cream colored, heavy wove paper

Plate: 22.1 × 15.2 cm (8 3/4 × 6 in.); Sheet: 34.1 × 24.9 cm (13 7/16 × 9 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Destruction and Hope

1916 · Lithograph, with watercolor applied with stencils on ivory laid paper

Image: 41 × 33.5 cm (16 3/16 × 13 1/4 in.); Sheet: 58.7 × 45.5 cm (23 1/8 × 17 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Introducing the Miracle

1916 · Gouache, pen, and ink on plastered fabric, mounted on board

11 1/2 x 9 3/8" (29.2 x 23.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Destruction and Hope (Zerstörung und Hoffnung)

1916 · Lithograph with watercolor and pencil additions

composition: 18 3/8 x 13 1/16" (46.7 x 33.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 23 3/8 x 17 15/16" (59.4 x 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Demon above the Ships (Dämon über den Schiffen)

1916 · Watercolor and ink on paper with ink border on board

9 3/8 x 8 1/8" (23.7 x 20.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Houses Drawn by Oxen, Ox Speared by a Lantern, Overpass (Häuser von Ochsen gezogen, Ochse laternengespiesst, Strassenüberführung)

1916 · Ink on paper on board

9 7/8 x 12 3/4" (25.1 x 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

With the Dot

1916 · pen and black ink

Sheet: 12.4 x 14.5 cm (4 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 12.4 x 14.5 cm (4 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.); Tertiary Support: 24.4 x 31.9 cm (9 5/8 x 12 9/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Composition with Figures

1915 · pen and ink and watercolor on paper mounted on card stock

sheet: 10.16 × 12.7 cm (4 × 5 in.) mount: 10.8 × 13.02 cm (4 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Little Castle in the Air

1915 · Etching on cream Japanese paper

Plate: 9 × 21.4 cm (3 9/16 × 8 7/16 in.); Sheet: 26 × 32.6 cm (10 1/4 × 12 7/8 in.)

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Death for an Idea (Der Tod für die Idee) (plate, [p. 93]) from Zeit-Echo. Ein Kriegs-Tagebuch der Künstler vol. 1, no. 7 (Jan 1915)

1915 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 3 3/8" (16.2 x 8.6 cm); sheet: 9 5/16 x 6 1/4" (23.7 x 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reflecting Window (Spiegelndes Fenster)

1915 · Etching

plate: 6 1/4 x 4 1/2" (15.9 x 11.5 cm); sheet: 13 1/8 x 9 7/16" (33.4 x 23.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Little Castle in the Air (Luftschlösschen)

1915 · Etching

plate: 3 1/2 x 8 5/16" (8.9 x 21.1 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 12 3/4" (24 x 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Laughing Gothic (Lachende Gotik)

1915 · Watercolor and pastel on paper with metallic paper border on board

11 3/8 x 6 1/2" (28.9 x 16.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Small World

1914 · etching on wove paper

plate: 14.4 × 9.5 cm (5 11/16 × 3 3/4 in.) sheet: 41.7 × 31.8 cm (16 7/16 × 12 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Small World (Kleinwelt)

1914 · etching on zinc

National Gallery of Art

Study Sheet (recto); Untitled (verso)

1914 · Pen and black ink (recto) and watercolor (verso) on ivory laid paper

31.3 × 24 cm (12 3/8 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Park

1914 · Color lithograph in black, magenta, red, green, yellow, and cyan on cream laid paper

Image: 12.5 × 10.3 cm (4 15/16 × 4 1/16 in.); Sheet: 27 × 18.3 cm (10 11/16 × 7 1/4 in.)

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Little Cosmo

1914 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 14.2 × 9.6 cm (5 5/8 × 3 13/16 in.); Sheet: 41.7 × 32 cm (16 7/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

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Little World (Kleinwelt) from the periodical in portfolio form Die Schaffenden, vol. 1, no. 1

1914 · Etching

plate: 5 5/8 x 3 3/4" (14.3 x 9.6 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 8 3/4" (29.6 x 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

With the Red X (Mit dem roten X)

1914 · Watercolor on paper on board

12 7/8 x 9 7/8" (32.7 x 25.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Snail (Schnecke)

1914 · Ink on paper on board

9 7/8 x 12 3/4" (25.1 x 32.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Interieur mit der Uhr (Interior with the Clock)

1913 · watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard

sheet: 17.78 × 16.51 cm (7 × 6 1/2 in.) mount: 23.81 × 21.91 cm (9 3/8 × 8 5/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Leiche (Corpse)

1913 · pen and black ink on laid paper

sheet: 9.8 x 19.7 cm (3 7/8 x 7 3/4 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Garden of Passion (Garten der Leidenschaft)

1913 · etching in black on ivory wove paper

National Gallery of Art

Garden Still Life

1913 · Pen and black ink, and brush and black and gray wash, on ivory wove paper, laid down on ivory laminate wood-pulp board

Max: 19.3 × 22.4 cm (7 5/8 × 8 7/8 in.)

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Plants in the Rain at Night

1913 · Etching on cream wove paper

Plate: 11.2 × 12.6 cm (4 7/16 × 5 in.); Sheet: 18.4 × 27.6 cm (7 1/4 × 10 7/8 in.)

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Garden of Passion

1913 · Etching on cream colored heavy wove paper

Plate: 9.5 × 14.3 cm (3 3/4 × 5 11/16 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 32.5 cm (10 1/16 × 12 13/16 in.)

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Suicide on the Bridge (Der Selbstmörder auf der Brücke)

1913 · Line block reproduction

composition: 7 1/4 x 5 1/4" (18.4 x 13.4 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 1/4 x 7 5/8" (26 x 19.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Garden of Passion (Garten der Leidenschaft)

1913 · Etching

plate: 3 3/4 x 5 3/4" (9.5 x 14.6 cm); sheet: 9 11/16 x 13 3/16" (24.6 x 33.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Hanged Ones (Die Gehängten)

1913 · Ink on paper on board

12 3/4 x 9 3/4" (32.4 x 24.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ludwigstrasse

1912 · pen and black ink with wash on cream paper, laid on cardboard

overall: 9.9 x 19 cm (3 7/8 x 7 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Blick auf einen Fluss (View on a River)

1912 · lithograph

National Gallery of Art

Street Kids

1912 · Lithograph on buff wove paper

Image, max: 7.5 × 12 cm (3 × 4 3/4 in.); Sheet: 15.2 × 21.9 cm (6 × 8 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago