Fish Magic 1925

Fish Magic 1925

$10

Paul Klee, Swiss, 1879 - 1940

In Fish Magic, Paul Klee creates a magical realm where the aquatic, the celestial, and the earthly intermingle. A delicate black surface covers an underlayer of colors, which the artist revealed by scratching and scrawling designs in the black paint. At the center of the painting, a square of muslin is glued onto the canvas. A long diagonal line reaching to the top of the clock tower is poised as if to whisk off this subtle curtain.


Object Details
Title Fish Magic
Date 1925
Artist Paul Klee, Swiss, 1879 - 1940
Medium Oil and watercolor on canvas on panel
Dimensions 30 3/8 × 38 3/4 inches (77.2 × 98.4 cm)
Credit Line The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950