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Summer 1943 • Vol. V No. 3 • Book Reviews |

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Paul Klee: Paintings, Watercolors, 1913 to 1939 edited by Karl Nierendorf. Oxford. $8.00

These are 67 reproductions, two in color, the best selection out, with pleasant reminiscences by Mr. Nierendorf, who represents Klee here, and critical remarks by James Johnson Sweeney. Mr. Sweeney is soft-spoken: easy to agree with, hard to learn from. It doesn’t matter, Klee speaks for himself.

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