1955 After Paul Klee "Woman In Native Costume", First Edition Lithograph

A striking vintage offset lithograph, full-color print, after painting "Woman in Native Costume" (1940) by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. Comes from a rare art folio published in 1955. First Limited American Edition. Signed in the print. Printed on one side. Hand tipped-in on a sheet of heavy wove paper. Information regarding the original artwork will be found by lifting the piece. Copy on the back of the paper is related to another piece in the portfolio. Rich vivid colors. Excellent condition - never framed. 10.80"W x 14.75"H overall 6.5"W x 10.10"H image Shortly before his death, Klee produced pictures and figures like this Woman in Native Costume which, composed of a few harsh strokes enclosing coloured shapes, have effect of leaded stained-glass windows. The figure of a "woman in native costume" emerged only at the end of a long process - when the triangle of white was associated with a nose, and led of the two black dots that marks the eyes. In other pictures, similar forms led to landscapes or non-representational forms. In the course of a conversation Klee said one evening that when he made this drawing he was so excited that he had the feeling of beating a drum. We can not help recalling these words when we look at such pictures. The lines and the colours have something in them of drum beats, which are limited in mood but all the more emphatic for that. Actually, Klee painted a drummer and drum beats to commemorate a drummer whom he had heard and observed at the Dresden Opera House.