The image features an abstract line drawing of a figure on horseback. The lines outline a rider with an elongated nose and a top hat and a horse with long legs and a minimalistic form. The drawing has a whimsical, almost caricature-like quality, with a sparse use of lines.
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Komischer Reiter (Comic Rider)

Paul Klee (Swiss, 1879 - 1940)

1921

Medium
pen and ink on laid paper, laid down on mount
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
Overall: 23.7 x 26.9 cm (9 5/16 x 10 9/16 in.) ; mount: 29.9 x 33.6 cm (11 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)
Culture
Swiss
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of Benjamin and Lillian Hertzberg
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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