Angel Applicant
1939 Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
A watercolor and ink drawing depicting a stylized, pale figure with geometric features under a crescent moon. This work is a characteristic example of Klee's late period experimentation with line and flattened form.
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Paul Klee produced an extensive series of 'angel' drawings toward the end of his life, often infusing them with a mix of irony and profound spiritual melancholy. In 'Angel Applicant,' the creature seems to look upward with a mixture of hope and vulnerability, reflecting the artist's own confrontation with declining health and the turbulent political climate of Europe in the late 1930s.
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Angel Applicant
Paul Klee, 1939
