Abstract Trio

Name: Abstract Trio
Brand: Paul Klee
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1923 · Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper, bordered with gouache and ink, mounted on cardboard · Paul Klee

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Abstract Trio by Paul Klee, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) in Arber Natural, living — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Natural · Living room

Abstract Trio by Paul Klee, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) on canvas in Arber Warm Walnut, office — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Warm Walnut · Office

Abstract Trio by Paul Klee, shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, hotel guest room — Shown at 28 × 42 in (71.1 × 106.7 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Hotel guest room

Story

Three geometric figures made of thin black lines stand against a warm ochre ground, framed by borders in green-grey tones. The forms appear almost like linked diagrams or stick figures, abstract rather than representational, set out with careful spacing across the paper. The piece, titled Abstract Trio, was made in 1923 using watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper, bordered with gouache and ink and mounted on cardboard, and it is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, having entered the collection through the Berggruen Klee Collection gift of 1984. Paul Klee (1879–1940), a German-Swiss artist associated with the Bauhaus, also produced the notable work Angelus Novus. One detail worth noticing is how the ochre background sets off the dark linework, giving the three figures a sense of floating within the painted border.