Movement around a Child
- Date
- 1928
- Material
- Oil transfer and watercolor
- Classification
- Drawings & watercolors
- Collection
- Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- image: 7 13/16 x 11 7/8 in. (19.8 x 30.2 cm)
sheet (laid paper): 7 13/16 x 11 7/8 in. (19.8 x 30.2 cm)
mount (wove paper): 8 11/16 x 12 1/2 in. (22.1 x 31.8 cm) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Richard K. Weil, by exchange
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 99:1957
NOTES
The Swiss artist Paul Klee is known for his complex and highly personal approach to Modern art. Klee was enthusiastic about the role that tribal art, folk painting, and children's art could play in helping artists break from Western artistic conventions and achieve a greater intuitive level. In this humorous work, Klee represents a child's growth in response to the stimuli from his environment. The many ellipses surrounding the toddler's head suggest that he is caught in overwhelming forces of excitement and disorientation. The oversize head evokes the distortions of scale found in children's artworks which Klee admired for their creativity and innocence.
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