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Property from the Estate of Thomas T. Solley
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Spitz im Werck
Details
Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Spitz im Werck
signed with monogram and dated '27' (lower left)
watercolor, pen and India ink on paper mounted at the edges on board
9 7/8 x 14¼ in. (24.4 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in September 1927
Spitz im Werck
signed with monogram and dated '27' (lower left)
watercolor, pen and India ink on paper mounted at the edges on board
9 7/8 x 14¼ in. (24.4 x 35.5 cm.)
Painted in September 1927
Provenance
Kandinsky Gesellschaft, Cologne.
Werner Vowinckel, Cologne (acquired from the above, December 1927).
Günther Franke, Munich (circa 1955).
Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern (1955).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris (circa 1955).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (1956-1975).
(possibly) Acquired from the above by the late owner.
Werner Vowinckel, Cologne (acquired from the above, December 1927).
Günther Franke, Munich (circa 1955).
Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern (1955).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris (circa 1955).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (1956-1975).
(possibly) Acquired from the above by the late owner.
Literature
B.S. Tower, Klee and Kandinsky in Munich and at the Bauhaus, Ann Arbor, 1981, p. 187 (illustrated, p. 48).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolors, Catalogue raisonné, New York, 1994, vol. II, p. 159, no. 781 (illustrated).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolors, Catalogue raisonné, New York, 1994, vol. II, p. 159, no. 781 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Pie Maler am Bauhaus, May-June 1950, no. 105.
Sale room notice
Please note the correct title: Spitz im Weich
Please note the correct provenance:
Werner Vowinckel, Cologne (acquired from the artist, December 1927).
Günther Franke, Munich (circa 1955).
Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern (1955).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris (circa 1955).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (1956-1975).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1975.
Please note the correct provenance:
Werner Vowinckel, Cologne (acquired from the artist, December 1927).
Günther Franke, Munich (circa 1955).
Gutekunst and Klipstein, Bern (1955).
Galerie Berggruen, Paris (circa 1955).
Saidenberg Gallery, New York (1956-1975).
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1975.