Railroad Station (Bahnhof)
Paul Klee
German, born Switzerland. 1879–1940
1911
A small drypoint print in which Klee captures a railway station with spare, rhythmic lines that suggest tracks, buildings, and rising smoke rather than detailing them.
What strikes you is the trembling economy of the line—parallel rails disappearing to the horizon, tiny house-like forms and wisps of smoke drawn like musical motifs, giving the scene an airy, schematic clarity.
Executed in 1911, the print marks Klee’s shift from literal depiction to a concise, notational visual language that helped bridge representational landscape and early twentieth‑century abstraction.
Medium
Drypoint
Dimensions
plate: 5 3/4 x 7 3/4" (14.6 x 19.7 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 16 1/8" (29 x 40.9 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Purchase
Accession
185.1942
Palette
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