Dampfer und Segelbōte (Dredger and Sailboat)
1931
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watercolor on laid paper, on Klee's original mount
Dimensions
image: 43.5 x 64 cm (17 1/8 x 25 3/16 in.) support: 48.5 x 67.3 cm (19 1/8 x 26 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1983.1.93
About the Artist
Paul Klee
Paul Klee (1879–1940) was born in Münchenbuchsee, near Bern, Switzerland, into a family of musicians; his father was a German music teacher and his mother a trained singer. The musical environment of his childhood left permanent traces on his art, informing his lifelong interest in rhythm, counterpoint, and structural variation. He studied painting in Munich from 1898, absorbing the currents of la...