Perseus (Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt) [Perseus-The Triumph of Brain over Body]

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Perseus (Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt) [Perseus-The Triumph of Brain over Body]

Paul Klee

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Artist: Paul Klee
Date: 1904
Movement: Bauhaus · pointillism · Color Field
Medium: etching on zinc

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Paul Klee, Perseus (Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt) [Perseus-The Triumph of Brain over Body], 1904, etching on zinc, National Gallery of Art, Washington.

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Perseus (Der Witz hat über das Leid gesiegt) [Perseus-The Triumph of Brain over Body]

More works by Paul Klee

Quarry at Ostermundigen (Steinbruch Ostermundigen)

Still Life with Four Apples (Stilleben mit vier Früchten in Schale vor dunkelgrünem Grunde)

The Friends (Die Freundinnen)

Works in the same movement

Kallmünz - Hellgrüne Berge

Improvisation

The Horseman (Reiter)

Study for Painting with White Form (Entwurf zu Bild mit weisser Form)

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