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WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
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signed with the monogram and dated '40' (lower left)
gouache on black paper
19 5⁄8 x 11 1⁄2 in. (49.7 x 29.4 cm.)
Executed in 1940
Ohne Titel
signed with the monogram and dated '40' (lower left)
gouache on black paper
19 5⁄8 x 11 1⁄2 in. (49.7 x 29.4 cm.)
Executed in 1940
Provenance
Nina Kandinsky, Paris.
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Mr. & Mrs. Michel Fribourg, New York.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, circa 1985.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1995, lot 279.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Galerie Maeght, Paris.
Mr. & Mrs. Michel Fribourg, New York.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., New York, circa 1985.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 1995, lot 279.
Acquired at the above sale by the family of the present owner.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist, Watercolours, no. '1940, 642'.
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, New York, 1958, p. 232.
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1277, p. 483 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, New York, 1958, p. 232.
V. Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours, catalogue raisonné, vol. II, 1922-1944, London, 1994, no. 1277, p. 483 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie l'Esquisse, Etapes de l'œuvre de Wassily Kandinsky, November - December 1944.
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Kandinsky, gouaches, aquarelles, dessins, February 1947, no. 55 (titled 'Gouache').
London, Gimpel Fils, Kandinsky, June 1950, no. 29 (titled 'Gouache (no. 642)').
Paris, Galerie René Drouin, Kandinsky, gouaches, aquarelles, dessins, February 1947, no. 55 (titled 'Gouache').
London, Gimpel Fils, Kandinsky, June 1950, no. 29 (titled 'Gouache (no. 642)').
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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