High and Bright Stands the Moon

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Title High and Bright Stands the Moon
Creator Paul Klee
Creator Nationality Swiss
Style Period 20th Century Art; Modern Art
Description German translations of Chinese poetry: Hoch und Stralend steht der Mond. Ich habe meine Lampe ausgeblasen, und tausend Gedanken erheben sich von meines Herzensgrund. Meine Augen strömen über von Tränen. (High and bright stands the moon. I have blown out my lamp, and a thousand thoughts rise from bottom of my heart. My eyes overflow with tears.)
Subject Bauhaus
Creation Date 1916 CE
Form painting
Medium watercolor and pen on paper on cardboard
Dimensions 2.7 x 23.8 cm; 7.7 x 23.8 cm
Repository Sammlung Ernst und Hildy Beyeler, Basel (Switzerland)
Source Bauhaus Construct: Fashioning Identity, Discourse and Modernism. ed. Jeffrey Saletnik and Robin Schuldenfrei. Routledge Publishing, New York, 2009.
Work ID 15832
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6pz8n99
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 41611
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pz8n99