Hammamet with Its Mosque

Paul Klee

1914 · Watercolour and graphite on paper, mounted on cardboard · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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Hammamet with Its Mosque

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About this work

Artist: Paul Klee (1879–1940)
Year: 1914
Medium: Watercolour and graphite on paper, mounted on cardboard
Original size: 23.8 × 22.2 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Expressionism

Pale washes of pink, rose, coral and sand lay out the roofs and gardens of a small North African town, with rows of green dots for trees, and beyond them the mauve tower of the mosque and a second tower against a white sky. Klee made this watercolour in 1914 on his journey to Tunisia with August Macke and Louis Moilliet, and inscribed it in pencil below with its year, number and title. He later treated the trip as the moment he became a painter rather than a draughtsman. The broken, square-built planes of light here are the beginning of the colour-grid pictures he would develop over the next decade, and they show him reducing a real view to blocks of colour while keeping its warmth and air. The sheet came to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1984 as part of the Berggruen Klee Collection.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

Pale pink, coral and sand washes with a mauve mosque tower against a white sky, for a bedroom, bathroom or hallway at 16×24 in natural wood. A blush, sand or warm white wall; it pairs with On a Motif from Hammamet.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1914)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: calm
Rooms: bedroom, bathroom, hallway or entryway, living room, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Hammamet with Its Mosque in the public domain?

Yes. Paul Klee (1879–1940) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Hammamet with Its Mosque painted, and in what medium?

Hammamet with Its Mosque dates from 1914 and was made in watercolour and graphite on paper, mounted on cardboard; the original measures 23.8 × 22.2 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For Hammamet with Its Mosque we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Paul Klee's Hammamet with Its Mosque — the town of Hammamet in Tunisia in soft pinks and reds, with its mosque on the skyline — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Klee: Line, Colour and Play, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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