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Similibus
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Similibus
signed with the monogram and dated 'K/33' (lower left); dated, titled and numbered 'no. 522, 1933, "Similibus"' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
watercolour, pen and ink, wash and Spritztechnik on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 15¼ x 12 1/8 in. (38.9 x 30.9 cm.)
mount: 20½ X 17 5/8 in. (52.3 X 44.8 cm.)
Executed in August 1933
Similibus
signed with the monogram and dated 'K/33' (lower left); dated, titled and numbered 'no. 522, 1933, "Similibus"' (on the reverse of the artist's mount)
watercolour, pen and ink, wash and Spritztechnik on paper laid down on the artist's mount
image: 15¼ x 12 1/8 in. (38.9 x 30.9 cm.)
mount: 20½ X 17 5/8 in. (52.3 X 44.8 cm.)
Executed in August 1933
Provenance
Nina Kandinsky, Paris, until 1972.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1972.
The Elkon Gallery, New York, by 1988.
Acquired by the present owner in 1990.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1972.
The Elkon Gallery, New York, by 1988.
Acquired by the present owner in 1990.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist, 'Watercolours: no. viii 1933, 522, Similibus'.
Beyeler (ed.), Kandinsky, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Basel, 1973, no. 60 (illustrated p. 39).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky, watercolours, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1142 (illustrated p. 377).
Beyeler (ed.), Kandinsky, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Basel, 1973, no. 60 (illustrated p. 39).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky, watercolours, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1142 (illustrated p. 377).
Exhibited
Copenhagen, Liniens Samenslutning, Efter-Expressionisme, Abstrakt Kunst, Neoplasticisme, Surrealisme, September 1937, no. 43.
London, Guggenheim Jeune, Wassily Kandisnky, February - March 1938. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Kandinsky: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, June - July 1972, no. 60 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Kandinsky: peintures, dessins, gravures, éditions. oeuvres inédites, October - December 1972.
New York, Pace Gallery, Kandinsky: Watercolours and Drawings 1911-1943, March - April 1973, no. 19.
Vienna, Galerie Ulysses, Kandinsky-Klee-Kupka: Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, February - March 1977 (illustrated).
Rome, Galleria Anna d'Ascanio, Kandinsky, March 1980 (illustrated). New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Kandinsky: Russian and Bauhaus Years 1915-1933, December - February 1983, no. 313 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, May - July 1984, no. 300 (illustrated); Berlin, Museum für Gestaltung, Bauhaus-Archiv, August - September 1984, no. 302 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Kandinsky: Bauhaus & Paris Years, 1922-1944, November 1986, no. 17 (illustrated).
New York, The Elkon Gallery, Twentieth Century Master Works on Paper, February - April 1988 (illustrated).
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kandinsky. Kleine Freuden: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, March - May 1992, no. 144 (illustrated).
London, Guggenheim Jeune, Wassily Kandisnky, February - March 1938. Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Kandinsky: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, June - July 1972, no. 60 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Kandinsky: peintures, dessins, gravures, éditions. oeuvres inédites, October - December 1972.
New York, Pace Gallery, Kandinsky: Watercolours and Drawings 1911-1943, March - April 1973, no. 19.
Vienna, Galerie Ulysses, Kandinsky-Klee-Kupka: Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, February - March 1977 (illustrated).
Rome, Galleria Anna d'Ascanio, Kandinsky, March 1980 (illustrated). New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Kandinsky: Russian and Bauhaus Years 1915-1933, December - February 1983, no. 313 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, May - July 1984, no. 300 (illustrated); Berlin, Museum für Gestaltung, Bauhaus-Archiv, August - September 1984, no. 302 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Kandinsky: Bauhaus & Paris Years, 1922-1944, November 1986, no. 17 (illustrated).
New York, The Elkon Gallery, Twentieth Century Master Works on Paper, February - April 1988 (illustrated).
Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kandinsky. Kleine Freuden: Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, March - May 1992, no. 144 (illustrated).
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