Tale à la Hoffmann, 1921, Watercolor, graphite, and transferred printing ink on paper bordered with metallic foil, mounted on

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Tale à la Hoffmann, 1921, Watercolor, graphite, and transferred printing ink on paper bordered with metallic foil, mounted on cardboard, 15 7/8 × 12 5/8 in. ( × cm), Drawings, Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), Münchenbuchsee 1879–1940 Muralto-Locarno), Klee loved the tales of the German poet and writer E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822), who was nicknamed 'Ghost Hoffmann' in his own country. Tale à la Hoffmann appears to be loosely based on the poet's best-known lyrical tale, The Golden Pot (1814), a magical story that switches back and forth between high fantasy and everyday life in Dresden

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