The fragile Paul Klee drawing has come from Jerusalem to the Jewish Museum and is due on view Monday in “Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds,” which runs through 26 July.
It has never before been exhibited in New York and joins the show after transport was delayed by the Middle East war following US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
The 1920 work survived Nazism and became a potent cultural symbol through its ownership by the German-Jewish philosopher Walter Benjamin.
From Nazi Germany to a 2026 warzone, how has this fragile drawing survived to witness humanity's recurring catastrophes?
Beyond its famous story, what does the exhibition reveal about Paul Klee’s artistic defiance of authoritarianism?
How does a new Mideast war reshape the meaning of Klee's famed 'Angel of History' for today's world?