Paul Klee - Landscape near E. (in Bavaria), 1921

The E is interpreted partly as an abbreviation for the Bavarian town of Ebenhausen, but in Klee’s work such a pictorial element need not necessarily assume a particular meaning. By incorporating individual letters Klee complements his pictorial trove of motifs: arrows, crescent moons, individual wheels and hieroglyphics. In this way Klee was trying to prevent a single unambiguous interpretation of his work, and instead challenging the viewer with an openness and diversity of meanings.