The unusually large-format work shows a nighttime view of the town of Klausen in South Tyrol, illuminated by moonlight. The dark composition, from which colors only gradually emerge after prolonged observation, is captivating due to the rhythm of the geometric shapes and their surfaces facing and away from the light. A warm red tone runs diagonally from left to right, from a house over a tower up to the church roof, drawing attention to blue and green tones in the lower part of the picture. Kanoldt's engagement with French Cubism is clear in this picture. He concentrated entirely on the pure form, left out disturbing details and even cut off the characteristic church tower at the top in favor of a balanced overall effect. Kanoldt's style here already points strongly to his later years, in which he concentrated on objective still lifes and landscape paintings in cool colors. Kanoldt was a founding member of the "New Artists' Association Munich" (N.K.V.M.) and an important representative of Expressionism and New Objectivity. He maintained close artistic exchanges with Alexej von Jawlensky and Adolf Erbslöh, among others. With the latter he was not only close friends, but also shared a passion for hiking, which often took them to South Tyrol. The painting, for which a preliminary drawing exists in a sketchbook, was first published and reproduced by the New Artists' Association Munich in 1912. For a long time it was thought to be lost and only resurfaced in 2018.