"Before the Town" is a 1915 watercolor painting by Swiss-German artist Paul Klee. The abstract work uses a vibrant palette of blues, greens, yellows, and reds in vertical swatches, resembling stained glass, to create a fragmented, mystical view of a town at its edge, blending geometric and organic shapes for viewers to interpret. The original painting is held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  

Artist: Paul Klee 
Date: 1915 
Medium: Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard 
Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York