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God of War

Paul Klee, 1937

30 cm × 35 cm

About the size of an open laptop. You would need 5 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 35 cm
Width: 30 cm
Medium: Gouache and tempera
Kind: Drawing
Made in: Germany, 20th century
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: Sheet: 35.2 x 29 cm (13 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 29 cm × 35 cm. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Bequest of Lockwood Thompson

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 30 cm × 35 cm. About the size of an open laptop. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1937. It is in the public domain, and The Cleveland Museum of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Cleveland Museum of Art: Bequest of Lockwood Thompson.
How was it made?: Gouache and tempera, made in Germany, 20th century, Germany, 20th century.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Cleveland Museum of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.