The Sublime Aspect (Postcard for the Bauhaus Exhibition)

This work is a postcard created for the 1923 Bauhaus exhibition, titled "The Sublime Aspect." The vertical composition features an abstract, geometric construction set against a rich blue background, surrounded by unprinted cream margins. At the top rests an architectural or crystalline form bearing inscribed text, surmounted by radiating lines, while below, a towering assemblage is built from multicolored rectilinear units, triangles, and circular elements colored in shades of red, yellow, blue, and white, outlined with black graphic lines.

The piece was executed by the artist Paul Klee in Germany in 1923. The technique is described as a lithograph in black with additions of blue, red, and yellow, printed on cream postcard paper. The printed image measures 14.4 by 7.3 cm (5 11/16 by 2 7/8 in.), while the overall sheet measures 15.1 by 10.6 cm (6 by 4 3/16 in.).