Still Life with Dice
1923 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
About this artwork
This work is a watercolor on paper featuring stylized, striped organic forms set against a deep black background. It is part of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum collection.
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Paul Klee often integrated a sense of musical rhythm and poetic playfulness into his work, viewing his paintings as personal notations rather than objective realities. In this piece, the inclusion of a die introduces an element of chance, a common theme in the modernist exploration of fate and order during the 1920s.
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Still Life with Dice
Paul Klee, 1923