Limits of the mind
| Limits of the mind |
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| Paul Klee , 1927 |
| Oil, watercolor and pencil on canvas primed with white |
| 56.3 x 41.5 cm |
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Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich
Link to the picture |
Limits of understanding is a panel painting by Paul Klee (1879–1940) from 1927 from the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
The painting Limits of the Mind was originally in the gallery Neue Kunst Fides by Rudolf Probst in Dresden. In 1928 it was added to the private collection of the gallery owner Alfred Flechtheim . He knew how to market it skillfully. After showing it twice in his Berlin gallery in 1928 and 1929, he loaned it to the New York Museum of Modern Art in 1931 . In 1958 it passed into the provenance of Theodor and Woty Werner . In 1971 it was acquired as a legacy of the couple and has since been in the holdings of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Modern Art Collection in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.
What you can see is a complex, fine network of lines that leads up to a circular curve. The picture expresses a contrast between finite existence and the extremely great imagination of man. Initially perceived as a surrealist work, Klee's Bauhaus period in Dessau moved more and more into the foreground. The creative means were based on constructivism . Comparisons were made with the works of Malevich , Gabo and Tatlin . There are also similarities to individual Klee works, such as the Seilaenzer from 1923.
In the year 2006/07, the Austrian composer created Andor Losonczy (1932-2018) as part of a comprehensive Clover project, a play of the same, which in the concert series on 11 March 2008 musica aperta in the Kunstmuseum Winterthur by the Leipzig ensemble Sortisatio premiered was.
literature
- Cathrin Klingsöhr-Leroy : Paul Klee in the Pinakothek der Moderne (= inventory catalogs on the art of the 20th century . Vol. 2). Edited by the Pinakothek der Moderne , Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 1999, ISBN 3-7757-9009-8 , pp. 150–159.
- Tilman Osterwold : «Drawing inwards» . In: Zentrum Paul Klee (ed.): Paul Klee, no day without a line: [on the occasion of the exhibition "Paul Klee. No day without a line", Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern June 20, 2005 - March 5, 2006, Museum Ludwig, Cologne from autumn 2006] . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 2005, ISBN 3-7757-1552-5 , p. 21 ff. (Here: p. 26).
Web links
- Museum guide: Klee - Limits of the Mind . Contribution by the Listening Foundation on BR.de from March 23, 2012
Individual evidence
- ^ Complete programs of musica aperta , www.musica-aperta.ch, accessed on February 18, 2018.