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Stimme aus dem Äther: 'und du wirst dich satt essen!

Mixed Media
1939 (Painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

It seems here that Klee was portraying a German listening to the propaganda of his leaders in 1939 with promises of wealth, propaganda and Lebensraum. Short hair, staring eyes and a mouth dripping with saliva are the sitter's unpleasing characteristics.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Stimme aus dem Äther: 'und du wirst dich satt essen! (assigned by artist)
  • Voice from the ether: and you will eat your fill!
  • An Allegory of Propaganda (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Tempera and oil on brown wrapping paper
Brief description
Oil and tempera by Paul Klee entitled 'Stimme aus dem Äther'. Switzerland, 1939.
Physical description
It seems here that Klee was portraying a German listening to the propaganda of his leaders in 1939 with promises of wealth, propaganda and Lebensraum. Short hair, staring eyes and a mouth dripping with saliva are the sitter's unpleasing characteristics.
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 50cm
  • Approx. width: 38cm
Dimensions taken from departmental object file
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Klee' (Signed by the artist)
  • 'GH8 Stimme aus dem Ather: "und du wirst dich satt essen"' (Inscribed in the artist's hand on the mount with the oeuvre number GH 8)
Object history
Purchased, 1965
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • 100 Great Paintings in The Victoria & Albert Museum. London: V&A, 1985, p.200
  • Paul Klee: catalogue raisonné vol. 8, edited by the Paul Klee Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, Berne, London and New York, 2004, cat. 8794.
Collection
Accession number
P.4-1965

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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