Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms

Paul Klee

1920 · Oil and ink on cardboard · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Paul Klee (1879–1940)
Year: 1920
Medium: Oil and ink on cardboard
Original size: 37.5 × 33.7 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Expressionism

Rectangles of deep red, plum, green, teal, ochre and black fit together in an irregular grid, some flat, some shaded, with small dark fir trees drawn inside a few of them and Klee's signature at the left. The pairs of complementary colours in the title, red against green and violet against yellow, set up a beat across the surface. Klee painted it on cardboard in 1920, the year he was invited to join the Bauhaus, and it belongs to the colour-block pictures that grew out of his 1914 journey to Tunisia. The tiny trees keep a trace of landscape inside what is otherwise close to pure abstraction. The work is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, part of the Berggruen Klee Collection given in 1984.

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

Where it works

Deep red, plum, teal and ochre blocks with tiny dark fir trees, for a dining room, study or living room at 24×36 in black. A burgundy, deep green or warm grey wall; it pairs with Rose Garden.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1920)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: butter yellow, cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: living room, dining room, study or library, dorm room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. 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 Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms 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 Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms painted, and in what medium?

Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms dates from 1920 and was made in oil and ink on cardboard; the original measures 37.5 × 33.7 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 Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms we'd choose 24×36.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Paul Klee's Redgreen and Violet-Yellow Rhythms — a rhythm of deep red, green and violet squares with tiny trees — 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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