Klee transformed spatial elements into dynamic movement freed from gravity. Here he uses the stylistic device of a ruled construction he called kinetic variations to represent a red and white sailboat that floats on the waving water between the sun and the moon. Klee frequently used arrows to facilitate the reading of a composition. He explained that his symbolic arrows were the expressive movements of thought, associated with the essential aspect of the human spirit. Here they act as both formal markers emphasizing and balancing certain parts of the composition, and as forces of nature (wind and gravity) at work on the boat. As the title suggests, this dynamism is only possible on the water. Norton Simon gallery note Paul Klee Possibilities at Sea, 1932 encaustic and sand on canvas 97.2 x 95.6 cm Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California, USA
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