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Im glücklichen Hafen (In the Happy Harbour)
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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944)
Im glücklichen Hafen (In the Happy Harbour)
signed, signed again with the artist's monogram, dated and inscribed '23 Im glücklichen Hafen v. 21.ix. bis 4.x.23 Kandinsky' (lower left) and with Nina Kandinsky's signature (lower left)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
12? x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.)
Executed in October 1923
Im glücklichen Hafen (In the Happy Harbour)
signed, signed again with the artist's monogram, dated and inscribed '23 Im glücklichen Hafen v. 21.ix. bis 4.x.23 Kandinsky' (lower left) and with Nina Kandinsky's signature (lower left)
watercolour and pen and India ink on paper
12? x 9½ in. (32 x 24 cm.)
Executed in October 1923
Provenance
Walter Gropius, Weimar, from 1923 to 1969, and thence by descent.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1989.
Acquired from the above in 1996 and thence by descent to the present owner.
Galerie Gmurzynska, Cologne, by 1989.
Acquired from the above in 1996 and thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky, Watercolours, Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 2, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 651 (illustrated p. 85).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
Sale Room Notice
Please that the correct dimensions are 11¼ x 8? in. (28.5 x 22 cm.)
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