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In the final years of his life, Paul Klee\u2019s productivity skyrocketed. Fearing suppression by the Nazi party, the beloved Bauhaus instructor had fled Germany and returned to his home city of Bern, Switzerland, where he struggled with an autoimmune disease and watched Europe backslide into another war. \u201cLate Klee<\/a>,\u201d on view by appointment at David Zwirner\u2019s London gallery through July 31, focuses on his output from this period. Abstract yet immediately striking, these late works display Klee\u2019s continued experiments with line and his interrogations of mortality\u2014both the world\u2019s and his own. A selection of images from the show appears below.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Paul Klee, pathetische L\u00f6sung<\/em> (Pathetic solution) (detail), 1939. Photo: Kerry McFate. \u00a9 Klee Family. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Klee, Schema eines Kampfes<\/em> (Diagram of a fight) (detail), 1939. Photo: Kerry McFate. \u00a9 Klee Family. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Klee, Besessen<\/em> (Possessed) (detail), 1939. Photo: Kerry McFate. \u00a9 Klee Family. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Klee, Ohne Titel (Gitter und Schlangenlinien um \u201cT\u201d)<\/em> (Untitled [Grids and wavy lines around \u201cT\u201d]) (detail), ca. 1939. Photo: Kerry McFate. \u00a9 Klee Family. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Klee, Garten in der Ebene<\/em> (Garden in the plain), 1925. \u00a9 Klee Family. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Paul Klee, Masken Im Zwielicht<\/em> (Masks at twilight), 1938. Photo: Anna Arca. \u00a9 Klee Family. Courtesy David Zwirner.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\u201cLate Klee<\/a>\u201d is on view by appointment at David Zwirner\u2019s London gallery through Friday, July 31.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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