“Color has captivated me (…) That is the meaning of this happy hour: I and color are one. I am a painter.” Paul Klee wrote these words in his diary during his trip to Tunisia in April 1914. “I and color are one. I am a painter.” But Klee’s experience in Tunisia consisted not only of being overwhelmed by the splendor of southern colors, but also of perceiving the typical architecture and agricultural practices of the region, whose surfaces, cubes, and cubes provided him with a structural grid through which he could artistically grasp and shape colors and forms. Hamammet is a watercolor created in the Tunisian coastal city of the same name, in which both are evident: the embrace of color and a new order on the picture plane. Transparent nuances between terracotta, violet, and a translucent blue convey the experience of “colorful clarity,” while an irregular rectangular structure ensures a vibrant balance in composition and color distribution. “The reeds and bushes create a beautiful patchwork rhythm,” Paul Klee noted. ```