PAUL KLEE 1939

In 1939, the year before his death from a long illness and against a backdrop of sociopolitical turmoil and the outbreak of World Wa r II, Klee worked with a vigor and inventiveness that rivaled even the most productive periods of his youth. This book illuminates t he artists response to his personal difficulties and the eras broader realities through imagery that is tirelessly inventiveby tu rns political, solemn, playful, humorous, and poetic.Renowned art historian Dawn Ades looks at this group of drawings in the context of their t...[Llegir més]