Bearded Man
Artist
Paul Klee
(Swiss, 1879 - 1940)
Date1925
MediumLithograph
DimensionsImage: 8 5/8 × 6 inches (21.91 × 15.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jane Wade in memory of Curt Valentin
Object number55-73/8
Edition/State/Proof1/232
On View
Not on viewCollections
Gallery LabelIsolated and hovering like an apparition upon the white page, Paul Klee’s Bearded Man is both formed and formless. The hundreds of quick, stippled marks that make up the head, ears, eyes, nose, mouth, beard, neck, shoulders and chest merge with the surrounding space to evoke the fragility, uncertainty and brevity of existence. Klee’s nameless man is stardust coalesced for a moment in infinite space-time.
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