1904 - 1983
Action Drawing 1923
(from the class of Paul Klee)
Pencil on paper
27.5 x 22 cm; 10.75 x 8.75 in.
Provenance:
Coll. Margaret Fisher, London
Private collection, London
See the excellent book, BAUHAUS edited by J. Fiedler and P. Feierabend
(Könemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 1999, Cologne) for another action drawing by Haupt.
"As an extension to his normal
duties, Klee occasionally taught the course
in action drawing. The results of this originally classical-academic exercise
show the interest taken in the laws of individual design beyond a conventional
imitation of nature." (page 387)
in action drawing. The results of this originally classical-academic exercise
show the interest taken in the laws of individual design beyond a conventional
imitation of nature." (page 387)
Karl Hermann Haupt
Action drawing arising out of the teaching of Paul Klee, 1923
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