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Source Description
In this watercolor, acrobats and circus jugglers emerge from a complex pattern of shapes and colors. Two jugglers share a face and torso. A member of Der Blaue Reiter group in Munich, Paul Klee believed that the elements of color and shape alone could carry connotations of emotions, moods, and subjective feelings. His method was to begin painting without a subject, only settling upon something that could be recognized after layering colored form upon colored form.
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Document identity
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144705
label
Carnival in the Snow
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obj
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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144705
contentType
drawing
title
Carnival in the Snow
description
In this watercolor, acrobats and circus jugglers emerge from a complex pattern of shapes and colors. Two jugglers share a face and torso. A member of Der Blaue Reiter group in Munich, Paul Klee believed that the elements of color and shape alone could carry connotations of emotions, moods, and subjective feelings. His method was to begin painting without a subject, only settling upon something that could be recognized after layering colored form upon colored form.
date
1923
citation
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79922241
creators
11674
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 24 x 23.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Secondary Support: 34.5 x 29.3 cm (13 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
cul
Germany, 20th century
accession
1969.46
Source extras
tec
watercolor
tombstone
Carnival in the Snow, 1923. Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940). Watercolor; sheet: 24 x 23.5 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); secondary support: 34.5 x 29.3 cm (13 9/16 x 11 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.46
supportMaterials
description
beige(1) laid paper laid down on beige(1) wove paper discolored to yellow-beige (artist's mount)
collection
DR - German
inscriptions
inscription
signed, upper left, in brown ink: Klee ; SECONDARY SUPPORT, by artist, lower center, in brown ink: 1923 /// 40 Karneval im Schnee [slashes part of inscription]
citations
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 196
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 1
citation
Kupka, Frank, Paul Klee, Larry Poons, Richard Hunt, and Edward B. Henning. “A Group of Twentieth-Century Works of Art Recently Acquired.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 57, no. 4 (April 1970): 107–126.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 112-117, fig. 9
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 246
citation
Henning, Edward B. <em>The Spirit of Surrealism</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1979.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 108, 173; Reproduced: p. 108
citation
Henning, Edward B. <em>Creativity in Art and Science, 1860-1960.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1987.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: P. 130, no. 39
creditline
Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art
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2026-05-29 07:26:17.103000
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144705
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Drawings
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DR - German
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watercolor
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male
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1
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photo
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