Portrait of a Pregnant Woman (Bildnis Einer Schwangeren Frau)

Paul Klee

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Object Label

This portrait of Paul Klee’s pregnant wife, Lily, verges on caricature. The work’s bold, graphic strokes, which deftly sweep across the woman’s hair and shoulders, prefigure the energetic lines that characterize Klee’s later, abstracted works, such as the lithograph on view nearby.

Caption

Paul Klee Swiss, 1879–1940. Portrait of a Pregnant Woman (Bildnis Einer Schwangeren Frau), 1907. Pastel and brown ink on laid paper, 9 5/8 x 13 7/16 in. (24.5 x 34.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund, 38.110. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 38.110_SL1.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

European Art

Artist

Paul Klee

Title

Portrait of a Pregnant Woman (Bildnis Einer Schwangeren Frau)

Date

1907

Geography

Place made: Europe

Medium

Pastel and brown ink on laid paper

Classification

Drawing

Dimensions

9 5/8 x 13 7/16 in. (24.5 x 34.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Paul Klee, 1907" in lower right of composition in ink

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund

Accession Number

38.110

Rights

© artist or artist's estate

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