Animals in an Enclosure

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Animals in an Enclosure

Paul KleeLinkedCulture matchlcp-26911cb01719

Date
1938
Medium
Brush and black and red-brown gouache on paper
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art
Object ID
1569

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Animals in Enclosure was created during Klee's exile in Switzerland after he was stripped of his professorship at the Düsseldorf Academy by the Nazis in 1933. It employs a labyrinth of aggressive shapes such as bars, arches, forks and arcs to create an imaginary enclosure for several hieroglyphic beasts. The relationship to prehistoric cave paintings and rock sculptures gives this work a sense of mystery and reveals most directly the influence of archaic forms on Klee's art. Europe

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Gift of F. C. Schang

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