The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1968. xx, 434 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Tight, clean text. Top right corner dampstained (leaves wrinkling a little, no mildew/mold, pages don't stick). Age toning. Another copy available. "Paul Klee was endowed with a rich and many-sided personality that was continually spilling over into forms of expression other than his painting and that made him one of the most extraordinary phenomena of modern European art. These abilities have left their record in the four intimate Diaries in which he faithfully recorded the events of his inner and outer life from his nineteenth to his fortieth year. Here, together with recollections of his childhood in Bern, his relations with his family and such friends as Kandinsky, Marc, Macke, and many others, his observations on nature and people, his trips to Italy and Tunisia, and his military service, the reader will find Klee's crucial experience with literature and music, as well as many of his essential ideas about his own artistic technique and the creative process." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Note on the Text; Preface; List of illustrations; A Brief Autobiography; Diary I; Diary II; Diary III; Diary IV; Genealogical Chart: The Klee Family; Recollections (Felix Klee); Felix Calender. . Paperback. Good. 8vo.