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PAUL KLEE. Angel Applicant

Angel Applicant. Artist: Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879-1940 Muralto-Locarno). Dimensions: 25 3/4 × 17 1/2 in. (65.4 × 44.5 cm). Date: 1939.
It seems doubtful that this Angel Applicant, resembling the offspring of a bulldog and a Halloween mask, will ever reach heaven. In 1939, Klee composed twenty-nine works that feature angels, having in earlier years only sporadically depicted them. His angels were not the celestial kind but hybrid creatures beset with human foibles and whims. Klee's angels are "forgetful,"still female,"ugly," incomplete," or "poor"-as the titles he gave these pictures indicate.
Suffering from an incurable illness and sensing himself hovering between life and death, Klee possibly felt a kinship with these outsiders. In this work, he covered a sheet of newspaper with black gouache on which he then drew the outlines of the figure and of the crescent moon with a thick, soft graphite pencil. Then he filled in these forms with a thin white wash. It is the black ground peeking through the white pigment that gives this creature its ghostly shimmer.
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Título:
Angel Applicant
Descripción:
Traducción automática: Ángel aspirante. Artista: Paul Klee (Alemán (nacido en Suiza), Münchenbuchsee 1879-1940 Muralto-Locarno). Dimensiones: 25 3/4 x 17 1/2 pulg. (65,4 × 44,5 cm). Fecha: 1939. Parece dudoso que este Ángel Solicitante, que se asemeja a la descendencia de un bulldog y una máscara de Halloween, llegue al cielo. En 1939, Klee compuso veintinueve obras que presentan ángeles, y en años anteriores solo los había representado esporádicamente. Sus ángeles no eran del tipo celestial sino criaturas híbridas acosadas por las debilidades y los caprichos humanos. Los ángeles de Klee son "olvidadizos", aún femeninos, "feos", incompletos" o "pobres", como indican los títulos que les dio a estas imágenes. Aquejado de una enfermedad incurable y sintiéndose a sí mismo oscilando entre la vida y la muerte, Klee posiblemente sintió una afinidad con estos forasteros. En este trabajo, cubrió una hoja de periódico con gouache negro en el que luego dibujó los contornos de la figura y de la luna creciente con un lápiz de grafito grueso y suave. Luego rellenó estas formas con un fino lápiz blanco. lavado Es el fondo negro que se asoma a través del pigmento blanco lo que le da a esta criatura su brillo fantasmal.
Angel Applicant. Artist: Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879-1940 Muralto-Locarno). Dimensions: 25 3/4 × 17 1/2 in. (65.4 × 44.5 cm). Date: 1939. It seems doubtful that this Angel Applicant, resembling the offspring of a bulldog and a Halloween mask, will ever reach heaven. In 1939, Klee composed twenty-nine works that feature angels, having in earlier years only sporadically depicted them. His angels were not the celestial kind but hybrid creatures beset with human foibles and whims. Klee's angels are "forgetful,"still female,"ugly," incomplete," or "poor"-as the titles he gave these pictures indicate. Suffering from an incurable illness and sensing himself hovering between life and death, Klee possibly felt a kinship with these outsiders. In this work, he covered a sheet of newspaper with black gouache on which he then drew the outlines of the figure and of the crescent moon with a thick, soft graphite pencil. Then he filled in these forms with a thin white wash. It is the black ground peeking through the white pigment that gives this creature its ghostly shimmer.
Técnica/material:
Gouache, ink, and graphite on paper mounted on cardboard
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorizaciones:
Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:
2872 x 4094 px | 33.6 MB
Tamaño impresión:
24.3 x 34.7 cm | 9.6 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)