Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

The Metropolitan Museum of Art


    • Adam and Little Eve, 1921
    Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940)
    Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper

    12 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (31.4 x 21.9 cm)
    The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1987 (1987.455.7)

    In this watercolor, 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.

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  • Adam and Little Eve, 1921
    Paul Klee (German, 1879–1940)
    Watercolor and transferred printing ink on paper

    12 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (31.4 x 21.9 cm)
    The Berggruen Klee Collection, 1987 (1987.455.7)