Paul Klee at the Guggenheim Museum

First edition (1993) copy of Paul Klee: At the Guggenheim Museum with introduction by Lisa Dennison and essay by Andrew Kagan

It is virtually impossible to confuse a work by Swiss-born Paul Klee (1879-1940) with one by any other artist, even though many have emulated his enigmatic, often playful art. Relying upon a remarkable inventiveness, he explored interests in music, children's art, and composing with color in his vast artistic output. An important influence on twentieth-century artists, Klee was embraced over the years by the Blue Rider group, the Dadaist and the Surrealists, and the German Bauhaus faculty, with whom he taught for a decade. 

The Guggenheim Museum is the repository of a rich variety of paintings and works on paper for many periods in the career of his artistic leader, including several acknowledged masterpieces. In this beautiful volume, a companion to the popular Watercolors by Kandinsky at the Guggenheim Museum, every Klee in the collection is reproduced in dazzling full-color. Noted Klee scholar Andrew Kagan, author of Paul Klee: Art and Music, weaves biographical information and stylistic analysis of the Guggenheim's works into an engaging and accessible essay, In the introduction, Guggenheim Collections Curator Lisa Dennison discusses the formation of the Klee collection at the museum and the artist's reception in America.  

Hardcover with dust jacket

Author: Lisa Dennison & Andrew Kagan

Edition/Year: first edition, 1993, Guggenheim Museum 

Condition: good vintage condition 

Dimensions: 11.25" x 10"