place signs paul kleePaul Klee often visited the Mediterranean region and was fascinated by its archaeological sites. Lieu Signes probably represents one of these places. Like an archaeologist, the artist brings objects to the surface, such as a ladder, a building, a ball and a bowl, and places them on the canvas in the same way that an archaeologist would place his findings on the ground in front of him. The eyes, the spade and the cross act as more symbolic excavations,