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PROPERTY FROM THE HEIRS OF HEDWIG LEWENSTEIN-WEYERMANN
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Das bunte Leben (La vie mélangée)
Details
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Das bunte Leben (La vie mélangée)
signed and dated ‘KANDINSKY 1907.’ (lower left); signed, titled and numbered ‘KANDINSKY - La vie mélangée No. 46’ (on the stretcher)
tempera and gouache on canvas
51 3⁄8 x 64 1⁄8 in. (130.5 x 162.6 cm.)
Painted in Paris in March 1907
Das bunte Leben (La vie mélangée)
signed and dated ‘KANDINSKY 1907.’ (lower left); signed, titled and numbered ‘KANDINSKY - La vie mélangée No. 46’ (on the stretcher)
tempera and gouache on canvas
51 3⁄8 x 64 1⁄8 in. (130.5 x 162.6 cm.)
Painted in Paris in March 1907
Provenance
Galerie der Sturm, Berlin, by October 1912.
Paul Citroen, Amsterdam & Wassenaar, by whom acquired from the above circa 1919.
Emanuel Albert Lewenstein, Amsterdam, by whom acquired from the above in November 1927.
Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann, Amsterdam, by descent from the above on 10 June 1930, and deposited for safekeeping at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1933.
Robert Gotschalk Lewenstein & Wilhelmine Helene Lewenstein, Amsterdam, by descent from the above on 25 May 1937, and retained for safekeeping at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
with Abraham M. Querido Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, on consignment from the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, on 5 September 1940.
Anonymous sale, Frederik Muller & Co, Amsterdam, 8-9 October 1940, lot 204.
Salomon Bernhard Slijper, Blaricum, by whom acquired at the above sale via the intermediation of Carel van Pampus, Jr.
Johanna Hamdorff Slijper, Blaricum, by descent from the above in August 1971.
Bayerische Landesbank, Munich, by whom acquired from the above via the intermediation of Carel van Pampus, Jr in 1972.
Restituted to the heirs of Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann in June 2023.
Paul Citroen, Amsterdam & Wassenaar, by whom acquired from the above circa 1919.
Emanuel Albert Lewenstein, Amsterdam, by whom acquired from the above in November 1927.
Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann, Amsterdam, by descent from the above on 10 June 1930, and deposited for safekeeping at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, in 1933.
Robert Gotschalk Lewenstein & Wilhelmine Helene Lewenstein, Amsterdam, by descent from the above on 25 May 1937, and retained for safekeeping at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.
with Abraham M. Querido Kunsthandel, Amsterdam, on consignment from the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, on 5 September 1940.
Anonymous sale, Frederik Muller & Co, Amsterdam, 8-9 October 1940, lot 204.
Salomon Bernhard Slijper, Blaricum, by whom acquired at the above sale via the intermediation of Carel van Pampus, Jr.
Johanna Hamdorff Slijper, Blaricum, by descent from the above in August 1971.
Bayerische Landesbank, Munich, by whom acquired from the above via the intermediation of Carel van Pampus, Jr in 1972.
Restituted to the heirs of Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann in June 2023.
Literature
The Artist’s Handlist I, no. 46.
Galerie der Sturm, ed., Kandinsky, 1901-1913, Berlin, 1913, p. 36 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Letter from Salomon B. Slijper to Gerard Hordijk, 11 January 1946.
Letter from César Domela to Willem Sandberg, 22 March 1947.
Letter from Willem Sandberg to César Domela, 1 May 1947.
Letter from Betty Lewenstein to Willem Sandberg, 31 May 1948.
Letter from Hans Jaffé to Betty Lewenstein, June 1948.
J. Eichner, Kandinsky und Gabriele Münter, von Ursprüngen moderner Kunst, Munich, 1957, p. 111.
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 46, p. 330 (illustrated p. 261; with incorrect dimensions).
M. Volpi Orlandini, Kandinsky, Dall’art nouveau alla psicologia della forma, Rome, 1968, pp. 204 (illustrated p. 23; with incorrect dimensions).
R. Gollek, Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München, Katalog der Sammlung in der Städtischen Galerie, Munich, 1974, p. 66 (illustrated p. 8).
D.E. Gordon, Modern Art Exhibitions 1900-1916, Selected Catalogue Documentation, Munich, 1974, vol. II, no. 931, p. 230 (illustrated vol. I, fig. 1085, p. 231).
R. Müller-Mehlis, ‘Der mißverstandene Kandinsky’ in Handelsblatt, Düsseldorf, 31 December 1976.
P. Weiss, ‘Wassily Kandinsky, The Utopian Focus: Jugendstil, Art Deco, and the Centre Pompidou' in Arts Magazine, vol. 51, no. 8, April 1977, p. 104 (illustrated fig. 3, p. 103).
M. Conil Lacoste, Kandinsky, New York, 1979, pp. 29-30 (illustrated on the back dustjacket).
H.K. Roethel & J.K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, New York, 1979, no. 6, pp. 22 & 66 (illustrated p. 67).
H.K. Roethel & J. Hahl-Koch, eds., Kandinsky, Die Gesammelten Schriften, vo. I, Bern, 1980, pp. 54, 124, 156 & 200 (illustrated p. 124).
Kandinsky in Munich, 1896-1914, exh. cat., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1982, pp. 52, 53 & 58 (illustrated fig. 21, p. 52).
R. Gollek, Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München, Katalog der Sammlung in der Städtischen Galerie, Munich, 1982, no. 97, pp. 324-325 (illustrated p. 88).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky at the Guggenheim, New York, 1983, p. 23 (illustrated fig. 2).
J.D. Fineberg, Kandinsky in Paris 1906-1907, Ann Arbor, 1984, pp. 66, 76-78, 82-86, 90 & 104 (illustrated pp. 54-55).
P. Weiss, ‘Kandinsky and “Old Russia”, An Ethnographic Exploration’ in The Documented Image, Visions in Art History, Syracuse, N.Y., 1987, pp. 189, 195-196, 200 & 205-206 (illustrated fig. 10.1, p. 190).
A. Zweite & A. Hoberg, The Blue Rider in the Lenbachhaus, Munich, Masterpieces by Franz Marc, Vassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Alexei Jawlensky, August Macke, Paul Klee, Munich, 1989, no. 19 (illustrated).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 1900-1921, London, 1992, no. 219, p. 195 (illustrated pp. 195 & 198).
A. & L. Vezin, Kandinsky and Der Blaue Reiter, Paris, 1992, p. 20 (illustrated).
J. Hahl-Koch, Kandinsky, New York, 1993, p. 92 (illustrated p. 93).
Der frühe Kandinsky, exh. cat., Brücke-Museum, Berlin, 1994, p. 52 (illustrated fig. 1, p. 46).
Paul Citroen, Kunstenaar, Docent, Verzamelaar, Künstler, Lehrer, Sammler, exh. cat., Hannema-de Stuers Fundatie, Wijhe, 1994, pp. 34 & 55 (illustrated fig. VIII, p. 55).
K.C. Lindsay & P. Vergo, eds., Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art, Paris & New York 1994, pp. 395 & 890.
Kandinsky, Compositions, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1995, p. 14 (illustrated fig. 2, p. 15).
S. Behr, ‘Munich, Wassily Kandinsky’ in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 138, no. 1117, April 1996, p. 277 (illustrated fig. 66).
D. Kutschbach, Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München, Munich, 1996, pp. 2, 4 & 34 (illustrated p. 3; details illustrated pp. 2 & 4).
F. Whitford, ed., Kandinsky, Watercolours and other Works on Paper, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1999, pp. 36 & 37 (illustrated fig. 17, p. 36).
Kandinsky et la Russie, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 2000, pp. 22 & 23 (illustrated p. 22).
H. Düchting, Wassily Kandinsky, A Revolution in Painting, Cologne, 2000, p. 8 (illustrated).
H. Friedel, ed., The Blue Rider in the Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich, 2000, no. 4, p. 84 (illustrated p. 85).
U. Becks-Malorny, Wassily Kandinsky, The Journey to Abstraction, Cologne, 2003, p. 8 (illustrated p. 9).
H. Fischer & S. Rainbird, eds., Kandinsky, The path to abstraction, exh. cat., Tate Modern, London, 2006, pp. 143 & 146 (illustrated fig. 23, p. 143; with incorrect medium).
H. Friedel & A. Hoberg, eds., Vasily Kandinsky, Munich, 2016, no. 10, pp. 55-56, 69-70 & 75-76 (illustrated pp. 66-67 & 301; detail illustrated p. 54).
P. Sers, Kandinsky, The Elements of Art, London, 2016, pp. 50, 52 & 59 (illustrated p. 59).
B. Salmen, Wassily Kandinsky und Murnau, »Zur reinen Welt der inneren Klänge«, Munich, 2019, p. 15 (illustrated).
T. Bashkoff & M. Fontanella, eds., Vasily Kandinsky, Around the Circle, New York, 2021, p. 18 (illustrated fig. 1, p. 19).
Kandinsky, La Musique des Couleurs, exh. cat., Musée de la musique-Philharmonie, Paris, 2025, pp. 52 & 55 (illustrated fig. 5, pp. 54-55).
Galerie der Sturm, ed., Kandinsky, 1901-1913, Berlin, 1913, p. 36 (illustrated; with incorrect dimensions).
Letter from Salomon B. Slijper to Gerard Hordijk, 11 January 1946.
Letter from César Domela to Willem Sandberg, 22 March 1947.
Letter from Willem Sandberg to César Domela, 1 May 1947.
Letter from Betty Lewenstein to Willem Sandberg, 31 May 1948.
Letter from Hans Jaffé to Betty Lewenstein, June 1948.
J. Eichner, Kandinsky und Gabriele Münter, von Ursprüngen moderner Kunst, Munich, 1957, p. 111.
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 46, p. 330 (illustrated p. 261; with incorrect dimensions).
M. Volpi Orlandini, Kandinsky, Dall’art nouveau alla psicologia della forma, Rome, 1968, pp. 204 (illustrated p. 23; with incorrect dimensions).
R. Gollek, Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München, Katalog der Sammlung in der Städtischen Galerie, Munich, 1974, p. 66 (illustrated p. 8).
D.E. Gordon, Modern Art Exhibitions 1900-1916, Selected Catalogue Documentation, Munich, 1974, vol. II, no. 931, p. 230 (illustrated vol. I, fig. 1085, p. 231).
R. Müller-Mehlis, ‘Der mißverstandene Kandinsky’ in Handelsblatt, Düsseldorf, 31 December 1976.
P. Weiss, ‘Wassily Kandinsky, The Utopian Focus: Jugendstil, Art Deco, and the Centre Pompidou' in Arts Magazine, vol. 51, no. 8, April 1977, p. 104 (illustrated fig. 3, p. 103).
M. Conil Lacoste, Kandinsky, New York, 1979, pp. 29-30 (illustrated on the back dustjacket).
H.K. Roethel & J.K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, New York, 1979, no. 6, pp. 22 & 66 (illustrated p. 67).
H.K. Roethel & J. Hahl-Koch, eds., Kandinsky, Die Gesammelten Schriften, vo. I, Bern, 1980, pp. 54, 124, 156 & 200 (illustrated p. 124).
Kandinsky in Munich, 1896-1914, exh. cat., The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1982, pp. 52, 53 & 58 (illustrated fig. 21, p. 52).
R. Gollek, Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München, Katalog der Sammlung in der Städtischen Galerie, Munich, 1982, no. 97, pp. 324-325 (illustrated p. 88).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky at the Guggenheim, New York, 1983, p. 23 (illustrated fig. 2).
J.D. Fineberg, Kandinsky in Paris 1906-1907, Ann Arbor, 1984, pp. 66, 76-78, 82-86, 90 & 104 (illustrated pp. 54-55).
P. Weiss, ‘Kandinsky and “Old Russia”, An Ethnographic Exploration’ in The Documented Image, Visions in Art History, Syracuse, N.Y., 1987, pp. 189, 195-196, 200 & 205-206 (illustrated fig. 10.1, p. 190).
A. Zweite & A. Hoberg, The Blue Rider in the Lenbachhaus, Munich, Masterpieces by Franz Marc, Vassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Alexei Jawlensky, August Macke, Paul Klee, Munich, 1989, no. 19 (illustrated).
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 1, 1900-1921, London, 1992, no. 219, p. 195 (illustrated pp. 195 & 198).
A. & L. Vezin, Kandinsky and Der Blaue Reiter, Paris, 1992, p. 20 (illustrated).
J. Hahl-Koch, Kandinsky, New York, 1993, p. 92 (illustrated p. 93).
Der frühe Kandinsky, exh. cat., Brücke-Museum, Berlin, 1994, p. 52 (illustrated fig. 1, p. 46).
Paul Citroen, Kunstenaar, Docent, Verzamelaar, Künstler, Lehrer, Sammler, exh. cat., Hannema-de Stuers Fundatie, Wijhe, 1994, pp. 34 & 55 (illustrated fig. VIII, p. 55).
K.C. Lindsay & P. Vergo, eds., Kandinsky, Complete Writings on Art, Paris & New York 1994, pp. 395 & 890.
Kandinsky, Compositions, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1995, p. 14 (illustrated fig. 2, p. 15).
S. Behr, ‘Munich, Wassily Kandinsky’ in The Burlington Magazine, vol. 138, no. 1117, April 1996, p. 277 (illustrated fig. 66).
D. Kutschbach, Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München, Munich, 1996, pp. 2, 4 & 34 (illustrated p. 3; details illustrated pp. 2 & 4).
F. Whitford, ed., Kandinsky, Watercolours and other Works on Paper, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1999, pp. 36 & 37 (illustrated fig. 17, p. 36).
Kandinsky et la Russie, exh. cat., Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 2000, pp. 22 & 23 (illustrated p. 22).
H. Düchting, Wassily Kandinsky, A Revolution in Painting, Cologne, 2000, p. 8 (illustrated).
H. Friedel, ed., The Blue Rider in the Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich, 2000, no. 4, p. 84 (illustrated p. 85).
U. Becks-Malorny, Wassily Kandinsky, The Journey to Abstraction, Cologne, 2003, p. 8 (illustrated p. 9).
H. Fischer & S. Rainbird, eds., Kandinsky, The path to abstraction, exh. cat., Tate Modern, London, 2006, pp. 143 & 146 (illustrated fig. 23, p. 143; with incorrect medium).
H. Friedel & A. Hoberg, eds., Vasily Kandinsky, Munich, 2016, no. 10, pp. 55-56, 69-70 & 75-76 (illustrated pp. 66-67 & 301; detail illustrated p. 54).
P. Sers, Kandinsky, The Elements of Art, London, 2016, pp. 50, 52 & 59 (illustrated p. 59).
B. Salmen, Wassily Kandinsky und Murnau, »Zur reinen Welt der inneren Klänge«, Munich, 2019, p. 15 (illustrated).
T. Bashkoff & M. Fontanella, eds., Vasily Kandinsky, Around the Circle, New York, 2021, p. 18 (illustrated fig. 1, p. 19).
Kandinsky, La Musique des Couleurs, exh. cat., Musée de la musique-Philharmonie, Paris, 2025, pp. 52 & 55 (illustrated fig. 5, pp. 54-55).
Exhibited
Angers, Hôtel de Chemellier, Le Musée du Peuple, Deuxième Congrès de l'Union internationale des Beaux-Arts et des Lettres, May - June 1907.
Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Salon d’Automne, 5e Exposition, October 1907, no. 931, p. 119.
Berlin, Der Sturm, Kandinsky Kollektiv-Ausstellung, October 1912, 1st edition: no. 22, p. 3 (illustrated), 2nd edition: no. 21, p. 7 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Kunsthandel Oldenzeel, November 1912; Hamburg, Louis Bock & Sohn, January 1913; Groningen, May 1913; Brussels, May - June 1913; Weisbaden, September 1913; Frankfurt, October 1913; Aachen, November 1913; Munich, Moderne Galerie Thannhauser, January 1914; Magdeburg, April 1914; and Stuttgart, April - June 1914.
Cologne, Kreis für Kunst Köln im Deutschen Theater, Kandinsky-Ausstellung, January - February 1914, no. 1.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, on long-term loan circa 1955.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Europa 1907, July - September 1957, no. 45 (with incorrect medium).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, July - September 1970, no. 18 (illustrated).
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, on loan from September 1963 until 1971.
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Wassily Kandinsky à Munich, Collection Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, May - September 1976, no. 11, p. 81 (illustrated).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Wassily Kandinksy, November 1976 - January 1977, no. 16, p. 23 (illustrated p. 35).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kandinsky und München, Begegnungen und Wandlungen 1896-1914, August - October 1982, no. 254, pp. 53, 59, 62 & 285 (illustrated p. 285 & fig. 21, p. 53).
Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Europa, Europa, Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel- und Osteuropa, May - October 1994, p. 90 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Das bunte Leben, Wassily Kandinsky im Lenbachhaus, November 1995 - March 1996, no. 219, pp. 160-162 & 598-599 (illustrated pp. 168-169; details illustrated figs. 17-19, p. 161).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kandinsky - Absolute, Abstract, October 2008 - March 2009, no. 2, pp. 21, 46 & 288 (illustrated p. 47); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, April - August 2009; and New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, September 2009 - January 2010, no. 2, pp. 61, 138 & 309 (illustrated p. 139).
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Kandinsky en Der Blaue Reiter, February - June 2010, no. 6, pp. 114 & 229 (illustrated p. 115).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, on loan from 14 December 1973 until June 2023.
Paris, Grand Palais des Champs-Elysées, Salon d’Automne, 5e Exposition, October 1907, no. 931, p. 119.
Berlin, Der Sturm, Kandinsky Kollektiv-Ausstellung, October 1912, 1st edition: no. 22, p. 3 (illustrated), 2nd edition: no. 21, p. 7 (illustrated); this exhibition later travelled to Rotterdam, Kunsthandel Oldenzeel, November 1912; Hamburg, Louis Bock & Sohn, January 1913; Groningen, May 1913; Brussels, May - June 1913; Weisbaden, September 1913; Frankfurt, October 1913; Aachen, November 1913; Munich, Moderne Galerie Thannhauser, January 1914; Magdeburg, April 1914; and Stuttgart, April - June 1914.
Cologne, Kreis für Kunst Köln im Deutschen Theater, Kandinsky-Ausstellung, January - February 1914, no. 1.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, on long-term loan circa 1955.
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Europa 1907, July - September 1957, no. 45 (with incorrect medium).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, July - September 1970, no. 18 (illustrated).
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, on loan from September 1963 until 1971.
Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Wassily Kandinsky à Munich, Collection Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, May - September 1976, no. 11, p. 81 (illustrated).
Munich, Haus der Kunst, Wassily Kandinksy, November 1976 - January 1977, no. 16, p. 23 (illustrated p. 35).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kandinsky und München, Begegnungen und Wandlungen 1896-1914, August - October 1982, no. 254, pp. 53, 59, 62 & 285 (illustrated p. 285 & fig. 21, p. 53).
Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Europa, Europa, Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel- und Osteuropa, May - October 1994, p. 90 (illustrated; with incorrect medium).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Das bunte Leben, Wassily Kandinsky im Lenbachhaus, November 1995 - March 1996, no. 219, pp. 160-162 & 598-599 (illustrated pp. 168-169; details illustrated figs. 17-19, p. 161).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Kandinsky - Absolute, Abstract, October 2008 - March 2009, no. 2, pp. 21, 46 & 288 (illustrated p. 47); this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, April - August 2009; and New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, September 2009 - January 2010, no. 2, pp. 61, 138 & 309 (illustrated p. 139).
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Kandinsky en Der Blaue Reiter, February - June 2010, no. 6, pp. 114 & 229 (illustrated p. 115).
Munich, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, on loan from 14 December 1973 until June 2023.
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