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Wassily Kandinsky
Im Sommer, 1904.
Woodcut in colors
Stima:
€ 40,000 / $ 47,200 Risultato:
€ 105,780 / $ 124,820 ( commissione inclusa)
108
Wassily Kandinsky
Im Sommer, 1904.
Woodcut in colors
Stima:
€ 40,000 / $ 47,200 Risultato:
€ 105,780 / $ 124,820 ( commissione inclusa)
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 - 1944
Im Sommer. 1904.
Woodcut in colors.
Signed and inscribed “ Holzschnitt (Handdruck)” on the backing board. On fine paper, mounted on gray backing cardboard. 31.2 x 16.4 cm (12.2 x 6.4 in). Backing: 40,7 x 26,8 cm (16 x 10,5 in).
Registered as number 10 in the artist's catalog, where it is also listed under the title “”Dame mit Mädchen” (Lady with Girl). [AR].
• Early color woodcut, unique in character due to its monotype coloring.
• Rare. One of only very few copies on the international auction market.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for almost 40 years.
• Another copy from the estate of Nina Kandinsky is in the collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris; two other copies and the only known trial proof are in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1987: Christie's, London).
LITERATURE: Hans Konrad Roethel, Kandinsky. Das graphische Werk, Cologne 1970, CR no. 33, first state (with color ill. p. 67, different copy).
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Christie's, London, Important Modern and Contemporary Prints, Dec. 2, 1987, lot 490 (with color ill.).
1866 - 1944
Im Sommer. 1904.
Woodcut in colors.
Signed and inscribed “ Holzschnitt (Handdruck)” on the backing board. On fine paper, mounted on gray backing cardboard. 31.2 x 16.4 cm (12.2 x 6.4 in). Backing: 40,7 x 26,8 cm (16 x 10,5 in).
Registered as number 10 in the artist's catalog, where it is also listed under the title “”Dame mit Mädchen” (Lady with Girl). [AR].
• Early color woodcut, unique in character due to its monotype coloring.
• Rare. One of only very few copies on the international auction market.
• Part of an acclaimed private collection in Berlin for almost 40 years.
• Another copy from the estate of Nina Kandinsky is in the collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris; two other copies and the only known trial proof are in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Berlin (since 1987: Christie's, London).
LITERATURE: Hans Konrad Roethel, Kandinsky. Das graphische Werk, Cologne 1970, CR no. 33, first state (with color ill. p. 67, different copy).
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Christie's, London, Important Modern and Contemporary Prints, Dec. 2, 1987, lot 490 (with color ill.).