Friday, June 4, 2010

Paul Klee - Hand Puppets for Felix













Between 1916 and 1925 Paul Klee made some 50 hand puppets for his son, Felix, of which 30 are still in existence. He used material from his home for the heads (beef bones, electrical outlets, bristle brushes, nutshells) and sewed costumes.

12 comments:

  1. Source: Puppen-Puppets-Marionetten, Editions Gallerie Suisse de Paris, Bern 1979.

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  2. Paul Klee has inspired many painters, including myself. As suche he deserves a lot of respect.

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  3. Your'e welcome, Monique.
    Klee is an amazing artist.
    In these puppets I see all the love of a father for his son.

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  4. aaah, see, when i see/experience something like this, there are no words.

    just, aaaahhh.

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  5. Your'e welcome, karenza t. wall.

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  6. Wish I could dispose of some of my garbage in this beautiful way!

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  7. actually bolingo69, you just gave me a wonderful idea. we are having a reclaiming space fair in pigeon park, downtown eastside vancouver, and i wanted to do a small textile based workshope, and now, now, now, betwee janas, you and paul klee -----------bingo, bingo, bingo. thank you, karenza

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  8. Hi karenza

    pigeon park huh... Don't miss this post on my blog, maybe picklehoods for homing pidgeons ;-)

    http://bolingo69.blogspot.com/2010/06/hong-kong-musical-atlas-unesco.html

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  9. bolingo69, thanks for your blog website, the art is astoundingly intricate and beautiful. especially interesting the covers from indian music. but, i am pretty computer illiterate and so am still trying to work out whether there is music to accompany the art. icing on the cake.

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  10. Hi, 
    To listen to the music, just click on the word "Music" at the end of each post and the link there will take you to the download! Good luck with your own blog!

    Amicably yours/ Bolingo

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  11. come and see the work of Paul Klee at the Paul Klee Zentrum in Berne/Switzerland.

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