
Paul Klee German, born Switzerland, 1879–1940
1934
Paul Klee's 'In the Magic Mirror' (1934), painted in his late Bern period after his expulsion from the Bauhaus, reflects his private cosmology: a spindly figure gazes into a mirror of abstract signs, layers of oil on canvas mounted on board articulating Klee's miniature universes. Art Institute of Chicago.
Image source: Art Institute of Chicago