Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)

Untitled (Dessin 4)

Details

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Untitled (Dessin 4)
signed with the monogram and dated 'K24' (lower left)
ink on paper
13 3/4 x 9in. (35 x 23cm.)
Executed in 1924

Provenance

Galerie Berggruen, Paris
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner on 2 December 1972

Literature

Éditions Sélection, Sélection, Chronique de la vie artistique, Cahier XIV, 'Wassily Kandinsky', Anvers 1933, p. 43 (illustrated)
M. Evans, 'Dead or Alive', in Axis, no. 2, April 1935, p. 5 (illustrated)
Exh. Cat., Museum of Non-Objective Art, New York, In Memory of Wassily Kandinsky, 1945, p. 7 (illustrated)
H. Read, Kandinsky (1866-1944), London 1959, p. 7 (illustrated)
P. Volboudt, Kandinsky Zeichnungen, Cologne 1974, pl. 48 (illustrated)
XXe Siècle, Centenaire de Kandinsky, no. 27, December 1966, p. 57 Ed. G. di San Lazzaro, Hommage to Wassily Kandinsky, London 1975, p. 78 (illustrated)

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Dina Vierny, Kandinsky: dessins 1886-1944, May-June 1968, no. 54 (illustrated)
Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, Kandinsky, November 1970, no. 11 (illustrated)
Paris, Berggruen et Cie., Kandinsky: Aquarelles et Dessins, 1972, no. 21 (illustrated).

Lot Essay

We are extremely grateful to Vivian Endicott Barnett for her assistance in cataloguing this work.

This work is a drawing for the Yearbook Europa, and is sold with a photo-certificate from Nina Kandinsky dated 24 XI 72 Neuilly.

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