Hammamet with Its Mosque
Paul Klee · 1914
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"Hammamet with Its Mosque," created by Paul Klee in 1914, is a watercolor and graphite on paper artwork mounted on cardboard. It measures 9 3/8 × 8 3/4 inches (23.8 × 22.2 cm) and is classified as a drawing within the Modern and Contemporary Art department. The artwork was acquired as part of The Berggruen Klee Collection in 1984.
Paul Klee, a German-Swiss artist (1879–1940), is represented by several other works in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. These include "May Picture" (1925), "The Man Under the Pear Tree" (1921), and "Still Life" (1927). Additional Klee works at the institution are "Clarification" (1932), "The Pathos of Fertility" (1921), "Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch" (1925), "Paul Klee" (circa 1921), and "Sketch of Felix Klee" (1908).
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Related holdings by the same hand
May Picture
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Man Under the Pear Tree
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Still Life
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Clarification
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Pathos of Fertility
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pädagogisches Skizzenbuch
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Paul Klee
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sketch of Felix Klee
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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