Paul Klee · 1925

Fish Magic

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Klee's underwater dream — fish, plants, a moon, a clock-face, and a curtain pulled back to reveal it all. Painted on canvas backed with muslin. Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Up to 24 × 19 in · landscape

Size

Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.

Format & finish

Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.

Scale next to a 5'10" person

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Materials & quality

›Canvas & inks

Giclée-printed on archival cotton canvas with fade-resistant pigment inks, hand-stretched over wooden bars. Gallery-wrapped — ready to hang with no extra frame needed.

›Floater frame

Hand-finished solid wood floater frame in five finishes. The canvas sits inside with a clean shadow gap — the way galleries hang contemporary canvas.

›Posters

Premium archival paper — 200 gsm soft matte or 230 gsm vibrant glossy. Ships flat or rolled, ready for your own frame.

›Faithful to the source

Printed from the highest-resolution museum and archive scans available. Each painting's maximum size is capped at what its source scan can support at gallery quality.

About this painting

The story of Fish Magic

Fish Magic is a 1925 Surrealist painting by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. The painting belonged to the collection of Walter and Louise Arensberg before being donated in 1950 to the Philadelphia Museum of Art where it is currently held.

Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

About the artist

Paul Klee

Paul Klee was a Swiss-born German artist. His highly individual style was influenced by movements in art that included expressionism, cubism, and surrealism.

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Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Frequently asked

Fish Magic— questions & answers

›What does Fish Magic depict?

An underwater dream-world of fish, plants, a moon, a clock-face, and a curtain pulled back to reveal it all — Klee painted it in 1925 on canvas backed with muslin.

›Where is Fish Magic by Paul Klee?

It belonged to the collection of Walter and Louise Arensberg before being donated in 1950 to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where it is held today.

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