LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache on tan paper

Measurements:

18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (height) by 12.80 in. (32.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed K/ and dated 40 (lower left)

Exhibited:

New York, Sidney Janis Gallery,. Kandinsky, 1949. Rome, Galleria dell'Obelisco, . Wassily Kandinsky , 1951, no. 21. Milan, Galleria del Naviglio, 1951, n.n. Turin, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna, . Il Cavaliere Azzurro - Der Blaue Reiter , 1971, illustrated in the catalogue. Turin, Galleria Gissi, . Astrattismo Geometrico , 1972, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature:

The Artist's Handlist of Watercolours, listed as: . 1940, 671 (g.s. brun) . Giuseppe Marchiori, . La Pittura straniera nelle collezioni italiane, Turin, 1960, illustrated in colour. . Enciclopedia Universale SEDA della pittura moderna , Milan, 1969, vol. 3, illustrated in colour p. 1418. Vivian Endicott Barnett, . Kandinsky Watercolours Catalogue Raisonné, 1922-1944 , London, 1994, vol. II, no. 1306, illustrated in colour p. 498

Provenance:

Galleria del Naviglio, Milan. Guglielmina Malabarba, Milan (acquired by 1951). Galleria Gissi, Turin (acquired from the above by 1971). Private Collection, Milan (acquired from the above by 1972). Thence by descent to the present owner