Lot Essay
Vivian Endicott-Barnett has kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work which will be included in her forthcoming Kandinsky catalogue raisonné.
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Details
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
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signed with the monogram and dated '40' (lower left); inscribed by Nina Kandinsky '8 1940' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
6¾ x 10¾in. (17.3 x 27.3cm.)
Artist's mount: 10¾ x 14 3/8in. (27.4 x 36.4cm.)
Executed in 1940
Untitled
signed with the monogram and dated '40' (lower left); inscribed by Nina Kandinsky '8 1940' (on the reverse)
pen and ink on paper
6¾ x 10¾in. (17.3 x 27.3cm.)
Artist's mount: 10¾ x 14 3/8in. (27.4 x 36.4cm.)
Executed in 1940
Provenance
Professor Bertel Hintze, Helsingfors.
Anon. sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 28-29 April 1971, lot 529.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1972, lot 235.
Anon. sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 6-8 June 1974, lot 913.
Christian Fayt, Belgium.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.
Anon. sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 28-29 April 1971, lot 529.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 1 December 1972, lot 235.
Anon. sale, Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg, 6-8 June 1974, lot 913.
Christian Fayt, Belgium.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1980.
Exhibited
Helsingfors, Kunstmuseum, Kandinsky, 1966.
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