Southern Gardens

Paul Klee

1919 · Watercolour and ink on paper, mounted on cardboard · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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About this work

Artist: Paul Klee (1879–1940)
Year: 1919
Medium: Watercolour and ink on paper, mounted on cardboard
Original size: 28.9 × 22.5 cm
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Movement: Expressionism

Small patches of watercolour in pink, lilac, blue, yellow, coral and green sit side by side like tiles, with a few black shapes and spiky dark plants among them and red forms like roofs along the top edge. The colours are transparent, so the white paper glows through and the whole sheet seems flooded with light. Klee made it in 1919, five years after his journey to Tunisia, and its title and palette seem to return to the gardens and sunlight of that trip. Its loose grid of colour squares points toward the more systematic colour studies he would develop at the Bauhaus, which he joined at the start of 1921. The sheet 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

Transparent tiles of pink, lilac, blue and yellow with small dark plants, for a child's room, bathroom or kitchen at 16×24 in natural wood. A white, blush or pale blue wall; it pairs with Hammamet with Its Mosque.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Expressionism painting
Era: 20th century (1919)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: classic
Rooms: kitchen, bathroom, kids room, 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 Southern Gardens 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 Southern Gardens painted, and in what medium?

Southern Gardens dates from 1919 and was made in watercolour and ink on paper, mounted on cardboard; the original measures 28.9 × 22.5 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 Southern Gardens we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Paul Klee's Southern Gardens — a patchwork of watercolour squares in rose, blue and yellow with small dark plants — 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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