Black Columns in a Landscape

Name: Black Columns in a Landscape
Brand: Paul Klee
Price: 189.0 USD
Availability: InStock

1919 · Watercolor and ink on paper mounted on cardboard · Paul Klee

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Black Columns in a Landscape by Paul Klee, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) in Ramino Opaque White, living — Shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) · Framed paper, Ramino Opaque White · Living room

Black Columns in a Landscape by Paul Klee, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) as gallery-wrapped canvas, kids' room — Shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) · Gallery-wrapped canvas · Kids' room

Black Columns in a Landscape by Paul Klee, shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) on canvas in Ramino Satin Black, restaurant — Shown at 32 × 40 in (81.3 × 101.6 cm) · Framed canvas, Ramino Satin Black · Restaurant

Story

Soft blocks of pink, yellow, blue, and green spread across the page, broken by two upright dark shapes that stand like columns among smaller architectural forms. The arrangement reads as an abstracted landscape built from flat planes of color rather than realistic detail. This piece, titled Black Columns in a Landscape, was made in 1919 using watercolor and ink on paper mounted on cardboard, and it is held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Paul Klee (1879–1940), a German-Swiss artist associated with the Bauhaus, also created the notable work Angelus Novus. Worth noticing is how the two dark vertical forms anchor the composition, giving structure to the otherwise loose, patchwork fields of color that surround them.