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Fängt an
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Fängt an
signed with the monogram and dated '28' (lower left); inscribed, titled and dated 'N0307/1928/"Fängt an"; dedicated by Nina Kandinsky: "Dem lieben Herrn Brisch zur Erinnerung an Kandinsky Paris le 30 III 50"' (on the reverse mount)
watercolour on paper
8 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (31.3 x 36.3cm.)
Executed in 1928
Fängt an
signed with the monogram and dated '28' (lower left); inscribed, titled and dated 'N0307/1928/"Fängt an"; dedicated by Nina Kandinsky: "Dem lieben Herrn Brisch zur Erinnerung an Kandinsky Paris le 30 III 50"' (on the reverse mount)
watercolour on paper
8 3/8 x 10 3/8in. (31.3 x 36.3cm.)
Executed in 1928
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Nina Kandinsky, Paris.
Given by the above to Professor Klaus Brisch, Berlin in 1950.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Nina Kandinsky, Paris.
Given by the above to Professor Klaus Brisch, Berlin in 1950.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
The artist's handlist, watercolours, 'x 1928, 307, Fängt an'.
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, New York, 1994, no. 897 (illustrated p. 233).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, New York, 1994, no. 897 (illustrated p. 233).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Zak, Exposition d'aquarelles de Wassily Kandinsky, Jan. 1929, no. 50. This exhibition later travelled to The Hague, Kunstzaal de Bron, Mar.-Apr.; Brussels, Galerie Le Centaure, May-Jun. 1929.
Halle, Hallischer Kunstverein and Städtisches Museum Moritzburg, Alte Garnisonskirche and Roter Turm, Oct. 1929.
Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kandinsky. Kleine Freuden: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Mar.-May 1992. This exhibition later travelled to Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, May-Aug. 1992, no. 121 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue).
Halle, Hallischer Kunstverein and Städtisches Museum Moritzburg, Alte Garnisonskirche and Roter Turm, Oct. 1929.
Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kandinsky. Kleine Freuden: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Mar.-May 1992. This exhibition later travelled to Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie, May-Aug. 1992, no. 121 (illustrated in colour in the catalogue).
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