Law
1938
About this artwork
This work features black pictographic symbols on a light-colored ground with scattered yellow and green patches. It is part of Klee's late work, created during a period of personal and political turmoil.
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Paul Klee painted this during a time of extreme distress as he fled Nazi Germany and battled a debilitating skin disease. 'Law' serves as a cryptic arrangement of semiotic marks that seem to search for order and meaning amidst a world disintegrating into chaos and authoritarian rule.
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Law
Paul Klee, 1938
