WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Dicht
Details
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Dicht
signed with the artist's monogram and dated ‘K 29' (lower left); signed with the artist’s monogram, dated, numbered and inscribed 'K "Dicht" No 455 1929 41 x 32' (on the reverse)
oil on board
12 ¹/₂ x 16in. (32 x 40.8cm.)
Painted in April 1929
Dicht
signed with the artist's monogram and dated ‘K 29' (lower left); signed with the artist’s monogram, dated, numbered and inscribed 'K "Dicht" No 455 1929 41 x 32' (on the reverse)
oil on board
12 ¹/₂ x 16in. (32 x 40.8cm.)
Painted in April 1929
Provenance
The artist’s studio.
Nina Kandinsky [née Andreievskay; the artist’s wife], by descent from the above.
Galerie Maeght, Paris (inv. no. 12375), by whom probably acquired from the above by 1970, and until 1973.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 18 December 1975, lot 95.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 1981, lot 50.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Nina Kandinsky [née Andreievskay; the artist’s wife], by descent from the above.
Galerie Maeght, Paris (inv. no. 12375), by whom probably acquired from the above by 1970, and until 1973.
Anonymous sale, Finarte, Milan, 18 December 1975, lot 95.
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 29 June 1981, lot 50.
Private collection, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
The artist's handlist, vol. IV, no. 455.
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 455, p. 337 (illustrated no. 310, p. 375).
H.K. Roethel & J.K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1916-1944, London, 1984, no. 899, p. 826 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 455, p. 337 (illustrated no. 310, p. 375).
H.K. Roethel & J.K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1916-1944, London, 1984, no. 899, p. 826 (illustrated).
Exhibition
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Kandinsky, February 1931, no. 41.
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, July – September 1970, no. 87.
Zurich, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky, April 1972, no. 19.
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, July – September 1970, no. 87.
Zurich, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky, April 1972, no. 19.
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