PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE FRENCH COLLECTION
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Ohne Titel
Details
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Ohne Titel
signed with the monogram and dated '33' (lower left); dated and numbered '1933 No 15' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 8 ½ x 14 3⁄8 in. (21.4 x 36.4 cm.)
artist's mount: 10 ¾ x 16 1⁄8 in. (27.4 x 41 cm.)
Executed in 1933
Ohne Titel
signed with the monogram and dated '33' (lower left); dated and numbered '1933 No 15' (on the reverse)
pen and India ink on paper laid down on the artist's mount
sheet: 8 ½ x 14 3⁄8 in. (21.4 x 36.4 cm.)
artist's mount: 10 ¾ x 16 1⁄8 in. (27.4 x 41 cm.)
Executed in 1933
Provenance
Nina Kandinsky [the artist's wife], Paris, by descent from the artist.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, on consignment from the above.
Professor Gustav Stein, Cologne, by whom acquired from the above in August 1953.
Anonymous sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 3 May 1961, lot 194.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 April 1964, lot 192.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Harvey S. Lubitz, New York.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1970, lot 77.
H.B. Edwards, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1972, lot 40.
Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Beverly Hills, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 26 November - 3 December 1972, lot 54.
Anonymous sale, Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 28 May 1979, lot 603.
Anonymous sale, Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 26 November 1979, lot 891.
Giorgio Manzardo, Rome, by 1979; his sale, Finarte, Rome, 18 April 2002, lot 121.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2018, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Galerie Rosengart, Lucerne, on consignment from the above.
Professor Gustav Stein, Cologne, by whom acquired from the above in August 1953.
Anonymous sale, Stuttgarter Kunstkabinett, Roman Norbert Ketterer, Stuttgart, 3 May 1961, lot 194.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 30 April 1964, lot 192.
Richard L. Feigen & Co., Chicago, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Harvey S. Lubitz, New York.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1970, lot 77.
H.B. Edwards, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 28 June 1972, lot 40.
Edgardo Acosta Gallery, Beverly Hills, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 26 November - 3 December 1972, lot 54.
Anonymous sale, Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 28 May 1979, lot 603.
Anonymous sale, Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 26 November 1979, lot 891.
Giorgio Manzardo, Rome, by 1979; his sale, Finarte, Rome, 18 April 2002, lot 121.
Private collection, Italy, by whom acquired at the above sale; sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2018, lot 103.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
The Artist's Handlist, 1933, no. 15.
V.E. Barnett, Kandinsky Drawings: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Individual Drawings, Munich, 2006, no. 894, p. 428 (illustrated).
V.E. Barnett, Kandinsky Drawings: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. I, Individual Drawings, Munich, 2006, no. 894, p. 428 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Milione, Kandinsky, April - May 1934.
Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, Kandinsky Exhibition: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, June - September 1953 (no cat.).
Zurich, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Wassily Kandinsky: Zeichnungen 1910-1944, November - December 1978, no. 39, n.p. (illustrated).
Rome, Galleria Giulia, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, December 1982 - January 1983, no. 7, p. 20 (illustrated p.19).
Lucerne, Galerie Rosengart, Kandinsky Exhibition: Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, June - September 1953 (no cat.).
Zurich, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Wassily Kandinsky: Zeichnungen 1910-1944, November - December 1978, no. 39, n.p. (illustrated).
Rome, Galleria Giulia, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, December 1982 - January 1983, no. 7, p. 20 (illustrated p.19).
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