Paul Klee
Pyramid, 1930
Watercolour and pen on paper on cardboard, 31,2 x 23,2 cm
Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Paul Klee explored the most varied possibilities of watercolour. In “Pyramid,” he has applied the paint in a more traditional manner, using several layers of transparent colour. In this way, he formed rectangles and triangles. Where the layers overlap, the colour mixes, changes, and darkens. Here, the brightest field of colour is at the centre of the composition. Through this layering, the fields become darker toward the edges. Klee referred to the “polyphony” of such works. The term comes from music and refers to the simultaneity of different sounds and musical instruments. Klee also created a polyphony, but with colour and planes.