Paul Klee - Adam and Little Eve [1921]

Paul Klee - Adam and Little Eve [1921], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

In this watercolour, Klee somewhat expanded the story of the creation of man. His Eve, after growing from Adam's rib, stays right there. She also remains a child. Evchen (Little Eve) looks like a schoolgirl with flaxen hair tied in a braid. Adam is a broad-faced, grown man who sports earrings and a mustache. By placing the figures against a shallow ground with a reddish curtain, Klee seems to set the oddly matched pair on a puppet-theater stage.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Watercolour and transferred printing ink on paper, 31.4 x 21.9 cm]