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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FAMILY COLLECTION
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Ohne Titel
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WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Ohne Titel
signed with the artist's monogram and dated ‘K 40' (lower left); dated again and numbered 'No 687 1940' (on the reverse of the artist's mount); inscribed by Nina Kandinsky 'À Cher Will Grohmann en souvenir de Kandinsky Nina Kandinsky le 4 XII 51 Neuilly s S' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
gouache and pen and India ink on coloured paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 18 7⁄8 x 12 1⁄3 in. (47.8 x 31.3 cm.)
artist's mount: 23 5⁄8 x 17 1⁄8 in. (60 x 43.4 cm.)
Executed in 1940
Ohne Titel
signed with the artist's monogram and dated ‘K 40' (lower left); dated again and numbered 'No 687 1940' (on the reverse of the artist's mount); inscribed by Nina Kandinsky 'À Cher Will Grohmann en souvenir de Kandinsky Nina Kandinsky le 4 XII 51 Neuilly s S' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
gouache and pen and India ink on coloured paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 18 7⁄8 x 12 1⁄3 in. (47.8 x 31.3 cm.)
artist's mount: 23 5⁄8 x 17 1⁄8 in. (60 x 43.4 cm.)
Executed in 1940
Provenance
Nina Kandinsky, Neuilly-sur-Seine, by descent from the artist.
Will Grohmann, Berlin, a gift from the above on 4 December 1951, and thence by descent.
Marlborough Fine Art, London (no. XLOS 7682), by whom acquired from the above in 1971.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1971, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Will Grohmann, Berlin, a gift from the above on 4 December 1951, and thence by descent.
Marlborough Fine Art, London (no. XLOS 7682), by whom acquired from the above in 1971.
Private collection, by whom acquired from the above in 1971, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
The artist’s handlist, Watercolours, '1940, 687 (g.s. terracotta)'.
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky: Watercolours, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1322, p. 506 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky: Watercolours, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1322, p. 506 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
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