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Paul Klee: 1939 (Hardcover)
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Paul Klee: 1939 (Hardcover)
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The year before he died, in what was one of the most difficult yet
prolific periods of his life, Paul Klee created his most surprising
and innovative works. In 1939, the year before his death from a
long illness and against a backdrop of sociopolitical turmoil and
the outbreak of World War II, Klee worked with a vigor and
inventiveness that rivaled even the most productive periods of his
youth. This book illuminates the artist's response to his personal
difficulties and the era's broader realities through imagery that
is tirelessly inventive-by turns political, solemn, playful,
humorous, and poetic. The works featured testify to Klee's restless
drive to experiment with form and material. His use of adhesive,
grease, oil, chalk, and watercolor, among other media, resulted in
surfaces that are not only visually striking, but also highly
tactile and original. Not unlike a diary, the drawings are often
meditative reflections on the pains and pleasures of life-their
titles, among them Monsters in readiness and Struggles with
himself, signal Klee's frame of mind. Renowned art historian Dawn
Ades looks at this group of drawings in the context of their time
and as indicative of a pivotal moment in art history. Moved by this
late period of Klee's oeuvre, American artist Richard Tuttle
responds to specific works in the form of a dialogical poem. This
stunning publication highlights the novelty and ingenuity of Klee's
late works, which deeply affected the generation of
artists-including Anni Albers, Jean Dubuffet, Mark Tobey, and Zao
Wou-Ki-that emerged after World War II and continues to captivate
artists and viewers alike today.
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