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| Drawing for "The Pathos of Fertility", 1921 Paul Klee Swiss, 1879-1940 Pencil on wove paper mounted on thin cardboard sheet: 11-1/8 x 8-3/4 in. (28.3 x 22.2 cm); mount: 15-3/4 x 13-1/2 in. (40.0 x 34.3 cm) Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection P.1953.047 © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Reproduction, including downloading of ARS works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Not on view In this preparatory drawing for a watercolor now in the Metropolitan Museum, Klee depicts a pregnant woman as a flowerpot, incubating sprouting plant forms. Her intense anguish is magnified by the tilted head and awkward angles of her arms and legs. |
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