Paul Klee · 1922

Senecio (Head of a Man)

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Klee's geometric portrait of an old man — orange face built from circles and squares, pinpoint eyes, twin red eyebrows. Bauhaus playfulness in a single canvas. Kunstmuseum Basel.

Up to 15 × 16 in · portrait

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 Senecio (Head of a Man)

Senecio or Head of a Man Going Senile is an oil on canvas mounted on panel Cubist painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee, from 1922. It is held in the Kunstmuseum Basel.

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

Senecio (Head of a Man)— questions & answers

›What does Senecio by Paul Klee mean?

Senecio — fully titled Head of a Man Going Senile — is Klee's geometric portrait of an old man, the orange face built from circles and squares with pinpoint eyes and twin red eyebrows. It distills the playful, sign-like style he developed during his Bauhaus years.

›When did Paul Klee paint Senecio?

Klee painted it in 1922, in oil on canvas mounted on panel, while he was teaching at the Bauhaus.

›Where is the original Senecio?

The original is held at the Kunstmuseum Basel in Switzerland.

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