PAUL KLEE. HAND PUPPETS

Between 1916 and 1925 Paul Klee (1879-1940) made some 50 hand puppets for his son, Felix, of which 30 are still in existence. For th e heads, he used materials from his own household: beef bones and electrical outlets, bristle brushes, leftover bits of fur and nuts hells. Soon he began to sew costumes. These characters and small works, do not pretend to be great art, but at the same time, they a re superbly imaginative, sweetly reminiscent of Klee's relationships with his family, and beautifully illustrative of the artistic a nd socia...[Read more]