Etching I

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WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Etching I
drypoint, on wove paper, circa 1913-14, signed in pencil, annotated and numbered 'I' and ‘No. 9’ in pencil (Roethel believes the edition was 10), with full margins, a pale moisture stain at the lower left sheet corner, otherwise in good condition, framed
Image: 4 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. (117 x 117 mm.)
Sheet: 11 x 7 ¼ (279 x 184 mm.)

Literature

Roethel 147

Lot Essay

Roethel suggested that the size of the edition was seven, but since this copy is clearly inscribed as 'No. 9', one might assume that the correct edition size (as with certain succeeding editions of the artist's early etchings) is ten. This is Kandinsky's first etching.

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