Galerie Mont Mask of Fear – Paul Klee^ Klee

This curious figure, with four spindly little legs supporting a face with bemused eyes and a quizzical smile or handlebar moustache, offers a satirical take on the work’s dark title. The two pairs of legs suggest that two figures might be supporting and hiding behind this monumental carnival-style mask, an arrangement linked to Klee’s metaphorical statement: “The mask represents art and behind it is the man.”

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