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A Walk with the Child

Paul Klee

Artwork Details

A Walk with the Child
1940
Paul Klee
black crayon on off-white paper, mounted on heavier paper
19 5/16 x 13 11/16 in. (49.2 x 34.9 cm);19 3/8 x 13 3/4 in. (49.2 x 34.9 cm);22 x 18 3/16 in. (55.88 x 46.04 cm)
Museum Purchase
1951/2.38

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Description

At the end of his life, terminally ill and living in exile, Klee alternated between periods of deep melancholy and warm human sympathy. In this gentle composition, the artist returns to the continuous-line technique characteristic of the early 1930s.

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