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The Museum of Modern Art, New York

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Hardcover, 9 x 10.5 in. / 272 pgs / 160 color.

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The Museum of Modern Art, 05/11/25�09/27/25

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Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

Edited by Jodi Hauptman. Text by Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Laura Neufeld, Lena Struwe.

Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

Af Klint�s exquisitely rendered botanical portfolio reveals a deep spiritual engagement with the flora of her native Sweden

Across the spring and summer seasons of 1919 and 1920, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint engaged in a period of intense observation of nature, venturing into forests and fields and drawing the flowers she found there. The resulting 46 sheets comprise her Nature Studies portfolio, recently acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, New York. In pencil and jewel-toned watercolor, af Klint juxtaposed exquisitely rendered blossoms with enigmatic diagrams: a blooming sunflower is echoed by nested circles; lily of the valley is joined by a colorful checkerboard; catsfoot is set against a pair of mirrored spirals. Together, these two modes�representational and abstract�demonstrate the artist�s belief that close observation of nature reveals "what stands behind the flowers": ineffable aspects of the human character.
Published in conjunction with the first public exhibition of this rare portfolio, Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers presents the drawings alongside contextualizing artworks and translations of the artist�s previously unpublished writings. An overview essay by curator Jodi Hauptman explores af Klint�s portfolio and the circumstances of its creation; texts by Ewa Lajer-Burcharth, Laura Neufeld and Lena Struwe unpack the imagery, materiality and botanical knowledge behind these works.
Hilma af Klint (1862�1944) trained at Stockholm�s Royal Academy of Fine Arts and established herself as a professional artist. In the first decade of the 20th century, she developed a unique abstract vocabulary, some years earlier than her peers. Whether on canvas or on paper, her singular work is informed by her spiritual investigations and, as this project demonstrates, an interest in and attunement to the natural world.


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CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 5/8/2025

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

The exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors of Hilma af Klint, published for the first time

Featured image is reproduced from new release Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers. Collecting a rare portfolio of exquisitely rendered botanical watercolors made during spring and summer of 1919 and 1920�just a few years after she completed her secret, groundbreaking Paintings for the Temple series that would, a century later, take the world by storm�this gorgeous, 272-page hardcover accompanies the first public exhibition of this body of work. �There are no obstacles to man�s ascent if he is capable of controlling his thinking,� Af Klint wrote in the essay, An Attempt to Explain What Stands Behind the Flowers, �directing his thoughts to the realm of light, overcoming the body�s resistance with his thought. When we turn our gaze toward the plant kingdom, it gives us information about the composition of our own being.�

ABOVE: Sheet 9. Fragaria vesca (Woodland Strawberry), Oxalis acetosella (European Wood Sorrel), Antennaria dioica (Catsfoot), Taraxacum officinale (Common Dandelion). June 2�3, 1919, and May 24�25, 1920.

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HILMA AF KLINT MONOGRAPHS + ARTIST'S BOOKS

Hilma af Klint: Flora

HILMA AF KLINT: FLORA

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451698
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Pub Date: 6/24/2025
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Hilma af Klint: What Stands Behind the Flowers

HILMA AF KLINT: WHAT STANDS BEHIND THE FLOWERS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633451681
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Pub Date: 5/27/2025
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Hilma af Klint and The Five’s Sketchbooks

HILMA AF KLINT AND THE FIVE�S SKETCHBOOKS

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189425415
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Pub Date: 4/5/2022
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Hilma af Klint: Occult Painter and Abstract Pioneer

HILMA AF KLINT: OCCULT PAINTER AND ABSTRACT PIONEER

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069473
USD $45.00
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Pub Date: 5/4/2021
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Hilma af Klint: The Blue Books

HILMA AF KLINT: THE BLUE BOOKS

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069244
USD $50.00
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Pub Date: 2/9/2021
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Hilma af Klint: The Complete Catalogue Raisonné

HILMA AF KLINT: THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE RAISONN�

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789198523669
USD $350.00
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Pub Date: 5/2/2023
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Hilma af Klint: Landscapes, Portraits and Miscellaneous Works 1886–1940

HILMA AF KLINT: LANDSCAPES, PORTRAITS AND MISCELLANEOUS WORKS 1886�1940

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069282
USD $45.00
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Pub Date: 11/1/2022
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Hilma af Klint: Late Watercolours 1922–1941

HILMA AF KLINT: LATE WATERCOLOURS 1922�1941

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069275
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Pub Date: 9/28/2021
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Hilma af Klint: Geometric Series and Other Works 1917–1920

HILMA AF KLINT: GEOMETRIC SERIES AND OTHER WORKS 1917�1920

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069268
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Pub Date: 2/8/2022
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Hilma af Klint: Parsifal and the Atom 1916–1917

HILMA AF KLINT: PARSIFAL AND THE ATOM 1916�1917

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069251
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Pub Date: 8/10/2021
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Hilma af Klint: Spiritualistic Drawings 1896–1905

HILMA AF KLINT: SPIRITUALISTIC DRAWINGS 1896�1905

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069237
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Pub Date: 3/9/2021
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Hilma af Klint: The Art of Seeing the Invisible

HILMA AF KLINT: THE ART OF SEEING THE INVISIBLE

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069176
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Pub Date: 2/23/2021
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Hilma af Klint: Seeing Is Believing

HILMA AF KLINT: SEEING IS BELIEVING

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069183
USD $35.00
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Pub Date: 11/24/2020
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Hilma af Klint: The Paintings for the Temple 1906–1915

HILMA AF KLINT: THE PAINTINGS FOR THE TEMPLE 1906�1915

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789189069114
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Pub Date: 2/2/2021
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Hilma af Klint: Artist, Researcher, Medium

HILMA AF KLINT: ARTIST, RESEARCHER, MEDIUM

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775747400
USD $55.00
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Pub Date: 6/16/2020
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Hilma af Klint: Visionary

HILMA AF KLINT: VISIONARY

Bokf�rlaget Stolpe

ISBN: 9789163972034
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Pub Date: 2/11/2020
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