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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWISS COLLECTION
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Esquisse pour tissu ou Projet pour un fauteuil
Details
WASSILY KANDINSKY (1866-1944)
Esquisse pour tissu ou Projet pour un fauteuil
gouache on paper laid down on board
13 ½ x 13 in. (34.1 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1943
Esquisse pour tissu ou Projet pour un fauteuil
gouache on paper laid down on board
13 ½ x 13 in. (34.1 x 33 cm.)
Painted circa 1943
Provenance
Nina Kandinsky, Paris (wife of the artist).
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, February 1972).
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above, January 1989).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above, February 1972).
Private collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above, January 1989).
By descent from the above to the present owner.
Literature
V.E. Barnett, Kandinsky: Watercolours, Catalogue raisonné, 1922-1944, New York, 1994, vol. 2, p. 527, no. 1365 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Kandinsky, Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, June-July 1972, p. 78, no. 91 (titled Entwurf).
New York, The Pace Gallery, Kandinsky: Watercolors and Drawings, 1911-1943, March-April 1973, no. 30 (titled Study).
Rome, Galleria Anna d'Ascanio, Kandinsky, March 1980.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, The Museum of Fine Art; Milan, Palazzo Reale and Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kandinsky in Paris, 1934-1944, February 1985-January 1986, p. 220, no. 108 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Kandinsky, Bauhaus and the Paris Years, 1922-1944, November 1986, no. 20 (illustrated).
New York, The Pace Gallery, Kandinsky: Watercolors and Drawings, 1911-1943, March-April 1973, no. 30 (titled Study).
Rome, Galleria Anna d'Ascanio, Kandinsky, March 1980.
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Houston, The Museum of Fine Art; Milan, Palazzo Reale and Vienna, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kandinsky in Paris, 1934-1944, February 1985-January 1986, p. 220, no. 108 (illustrated).
Tokyo, Fuji Television Gallery, Kandinsky, Bauhaus and the Paris Years, 1922-1944, November 1986, no. 20 (illustrated).
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