Paul Klee
Red Balloon
From $80
This painting is thin dark lines over soft swirls of grey, green and orange, and a soft copy loses the lines. Our Paul Klee Howling Dog print was graded beside the original so every winding line stays crisp and the moon still glows.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
16x12 inch, 20x16 inch, 24x18 inch, 30x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its wide shape suits a living room, a study or a dog lover’s hallway. The greys and soft oranges look calm with white, charcoal and natural wood, and a black or natural frame suits it.
About the painting
Howling Dog by Paul Klee
The Bauhaus, 1928
Paul Klee painted Howling Dog in 1928, while he was teaching at the Bauhaus. On the back of the canvas he wrote the year and the German title, Heulender Hund.
You can see the sound
A lone dog bays at a bright moon. Klee draws it in a few winding lines, and he draws the howl too: it rises from the dog, bends and turns back on itself, and hangs in the night air like a wisp of smoke.
Three shapes
The dog, the moon and the howl float on a swirling ground of colour, a simple and playful picture of sound. Howling Dog was given to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by F. C. Schang.
Read the story
In this painting, you can see a sound.
Paul Klee painted it in 1928, while he was teaching at the Bauhaus. On the back of the canvas he wrote the year, and the title: Heulender Hund. Howling Dog.
Klee was the son of a musician, and he often drew parallels between sound and art.
A lone dog bays at a bright moon.
Klee draws the dog in a few winding lines. And then he draws the howl.
It rises from the dog, bends, turns back on itself, and hangs in the night air like a wisp of smoke.
Three things float on a swirl of colour: the dog, the moon, and the howl.
It's a small canvas, not much more than half a metre wide.
Howling Dog was given to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by F. C. Schang.
Find the dog, and then follow the howl.
Howling Dog. Paul Klee, 1928.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
