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Rock-Cut Temple

A work made of pen and black ink on buff laid paper, laid down on artist's mount comprised of cream wove card ruled in pen and black ink.
© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of pen and black ink on buff laid paper, laid down on artist's mount comprised of cream wove card ruled in pen and black ink.

Date:

December 30, 1925

Artist:

Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland, 1879-1940

About this artwork

A professor at the Bauhaus from 1920 to 1933, Klee often experimented with the systemic use of line. One of Klee’s favored theories, that of the distinction between form and formation through the use of line, is demonstrated here. In this drawing, parallel lines create new architectural structures, highlighting the formative power of the artist and his line. For Klee, the end result, the form, was not important; the act of creation and the limitless possibilities of line were what mattered.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Rock-Cut Temple

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1925

Medium

Pen and black ink on buff laid paper, laid down on artist's mount comprised of cream wove card ruled in pen and black ink

Inscriptions

Signed and dated upper right: "Klee 30.12.1925"; dated and titled on the artist's mount

Dimensions

Sheet: 16.4 × 26.9 cm (6 1/2 × 10 5/8 in.); Mount: 24.2 × 34.6 cm (9 9/16 × 13 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

Reference Number

2013.960

Copyright

© 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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