Der Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker), Paul Klee

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Paul Klee, Der Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker)
Paul Klee, Der Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker)
Paul Klee
Der Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker)
1923
Paul Klee
1879–1940
Der Seiltänzer (Tightrope Walker), 1923
Where object was made: Switzerland or Germany
Material/technique: lithograph; laid paper
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 434 x 268 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 17 1/16 x 10 9/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 520 x 381 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 1/2 x 15 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 25 x 20 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2006.0099
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard Paul Klee, who had been affiliated with the artists' group Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) before the War, began military service in 1916. After the War he was a key figure in the Bauhaus, first in Weimar and then in Dessau. For Klee the tightrope walker was a symbol of balance, which was an important compositional concept in his writings about art, such as Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch (Pedagogical Sketchbook) of 1925.