Hand-Made Tapestry The Tightrope Walker After Paul Klee

A distinctive hand-crafted textile wall hanging inspired by Der Seiltänzer (The Tightrope Walker), the celebrated 1923 composition by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee (1879–1940).

The design captures Klee's characteristic visual language, combining simplified geometric forms, delicate linear elements and a playful sense of balance. Translated into a woven textile, the composition acquires a tactile quality that gives the artwork an entirely different presence from the original work on paper.

Executed in cotton, believed to be mercerised cotton according to the original label, the wall hanging features suspension loops along the upper edge and a fringed lower border. Its graphic composition and restrained palette make it particularly suitable for modernist, contemporary and eclectic interiors.

The original label bears the name KLEE, the reference number 167570, and dimensions corresponding to approximately 91 × 61 cm.

Historical Context

Paul Klee created Der Seiltänzer in 1923 as a lithograph, printed at the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. The composition reflects his enduring fascination with equilibrium, movement and the relationship between abstract forms.

This textile is a later interpretation of Klee's artwork, rather than an original work by the artist.

Although textile reproductions based on Klee's compositions were produced during the twentieth century, the precise date, country of manufacture and weaving workshop responsible for this particular example have not been conclusively identified. We therefore do not attribute it to a specific manufacturer or production period.

Details

• Design: After Paul Klee (1879–1940)

• Original artwork: Der Seiltänzer (The Tightrope Walker), 1923

• Object type: Handcrafted textile wall hanging / tapestry

• Material: Cotton, believed to be mercerised cotton

• Dimensions: Approximately 91 × 61 cm

• Features: Upper hanging loops and fringed lower edge

• Label: Marked “KLEE”, reference number 167570

• Date of manufacture: Undetermined

• Manufacturer / workshop: Unidentified

• Country of origin: Undetermined

A striking decorative textile for collectors and admirers of Paul Klee, modernist art and twentieth-century-inspired design.

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