Paul Klee

Paul Klee, who liked experimenting with unconventional drawing techniques, devised the transfer method used here. After making a preliminary drawing on a sheet of paper, he transferred it onto the final support by means of an intermediary sheet, the verso of which was coated with a sticky black oil paint (simulating carbon paper). The smudges and slight fuzziness of the lines resulting from this process give the drawing a soft and tactile quality that contributes to its particular warmth.