Angelus Novus

1920 · Oil transfer and watercolor on paper · Paul Klee

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Angelus Novus by Paul Klee, shown at 30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm) in Arber Light Walnut, living
Shown at 30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm) · Framed paper, Arber Light Walnut · Living room
Angelus Novus by Paul Klee, shown at 30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Arber Raw Oak, library
Shown at 30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm) · Framed canvas, Arber Raw Oak · Library
Angelus Novus by Paul Klee, shown at 30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, hotel guest room
Shown at 30 × 40 in (76.2 × 101.6 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Hotel guest room
Angelus Novus

Story

A round-faced angel stares out with arms spread and wings spread wide, rendered in brown ink and watercolor across aged paper. The figure fills most of the sheet, its stiff posture and wide eyes giving it an unsettling, otherworldly presence. Paul Klee made this piece in 1920 using oil transfer and watercolor on paper. Klee, a German-Swiss artist, worked within Expressionism and later the Bauhaus. The piece entered the Israel Museum's collection as a gift from several donors.

Where it works

Warm-toned artwork suited to living rooms and libraries, and to hotel guest rooms, in a vertical format.

CreatorPaul Klee
Year1920
MediumOil transfer and watercolor on paper
Original dimensions12.5 × 9.5 in.
SKUimje0081_frgc_1520
Archive IDrs:100:46118

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Gift of Fania and Gershom Scholem, Jerusalem, John Herring, Marlene and Paul Herring, Jo Carole and Ronald Lauder, New York, B87.0994 · Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner