Lot Essay
This is the artist's first linocut, a technique which imparted a smoother and more velvety texture to the printed surface than the woodcut process to which he had previously adhered.
Property formerly in the Collection of
MR. AND MRS. ROBERT S. BENJAMIN
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Details
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Der Spiegel (Roethel 49)
linocut in colors, 1907, on Japan, a very fine impression of this very rare print, the colors fresh, with narrow margins, occasional very pale staining at the extreme margin eges, not affecting the image, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 12 5/8 x 6 1/4in. (320 x 160mm.)
Der Spiegel (Roethel 49)
linocut in colors, 1907, on Japan, a very fine impression of this very rare print, the colors fresh, with narrow margins, occasional very pale staining at the extreme margin eges, not affecting the image, otherwise in very good condition, framed
L. 12 5/8 x 6 1/4in. (320 x 160mm.)
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Benjamin, by descent.
This impression cited in Roethel.
This impression cited in Roethel.