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THE PROPERTY OF A SWISS COLLECTOR
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
L’arc bleu (Der blaue Bogen)
Details
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
L’arc bleu (Der blaue Bogen)
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'K/38' (lower left); dated again, numbered and inscribed 'No 610 1938 "L'arc bleu"' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
gouache on black paper laid down on the artist's mount
10 ½ x 19 3⁄8 in. (26.7 x 49.1 cm.)
Executed in December 1938
L’arc bleu (Der blaue Bogen)
signed with the artist's monogram and dated 'K/38' (lower left); dated again, numbered and inscribed 'No 610 1938 "L'arc bleu"' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
gouache on black paper laid down on the artist's mount
10 ½ x 19 3⁄8 in. (26.7 x 49.1 cm.)
Executed in December 1938
Provenance
Nina Kandinsky, Paris, by descent from the artist until 1951.
Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Emilio Jesi, Milan, from 1951 and until 1971.
Galleria Sianesi, Milan, circa 1972.
Acquired from the above in the 1970s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galleria del Naviglio, Milan.
Emilio Jesi, Milan, from 1951 and until 1971.
Galleria Sianesi, Milan, circa 1972.
Acquired from the above in the 1970s, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
The artist’s handlist, Watercolours, ‘xii 1938, 610, L’arc bleu (gouache)'.
M. Arland, Kandinsky, Gouaches, Aquarelles, Dessins, Paris, 1947, no. 7 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 745, pp. 347 & 411 (illustrated p. 411).
A. Bovi, Kandinsky, London, 1970, no. 44, p. 90 (illustrated pl. 44).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky, Watercolours, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1244, pp. 437 & 453 (illustrated).
P. Sers, The Elements of Art: Kandinsky, London, 2015, pp. 314 & 315 (illustrated p. 314; details illustrated pp. 316 & 317).
M. Arland, Kandinsky, Gouaches, Aquarelles, Dessins, Paris, 1947, no. 7 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 745, pp. 347 & 411 (illustrated p. 411).
A. Bovi, Kandinsky, London, 1970, no. 44, p. 90 (illustrated pl. 44).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky, Watercolours, Catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1244, pp. 437 & 453 (illustrated).
P. Sers, The Elements of Art: Kandinsky, London, 2015, pp. 314 & 315 (illustrated p. 314; details illustrated pp. 316 & 317).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Kandinsky: Gouaches, Aquarelles, Dessins, February 1947 (illustrated).
Liège, Association pour le progrès intellectuel et artistique de la Wallonie, Kandinsky, gouaches & dessins, December 1947, no. 63.
Rome, Galleria del Obelisco, Wassily Kandinsky, 1951, no. 20.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Il Cavaliere Azzurro – Der Blaue Reiter, March - May 1971, p. 210 (illustrated).
Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Kandinsky nelle collezioni Svizzere, June - October 1995, no. 75 (illustrated).
Liège, Association pour le progrès intellectuel et artistique de la Wallonie, Kandinsky, gouaches & dessins, December 1947, no. 63.
Rome, Galleria del Obelisco, Wassily Kandinsky, 1951, no. 20.
Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, Il Cavaliere Azzurro – Der Blaue Reiter, March - May 1971, p. 210 (illustrated).
Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Kandinsky nelle collezioni Svizzere, June - October 1995, no. 75 (illustrated).
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