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Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944): IV
Grosse Aufestehung / Great Resurrection (Roethel 138). Original color woodcut, 1911. Edition: 345 impressions signed in the block with the monogram for Klange / Sounds (1913). There was also an edition of c. 1200 impressions printed from the original block with the authorization of Kandinsky's widow. Nina, in 1951. This image was included in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art on Modern Prints in Books. Image size: 219x218mm. Price: Call.
Motif aus Improvisation 25: The Garden of Love (Roethel 105). Original woodcut, 1911. Edition: 345 impressions signed in the block with the monogram for Klange / Sounds (1913). There was also an edition of c. 1200 impressions printed from the original block with the authorization of Kandinsky's widow. Nina, in 1955. Illustrated in Roethel, The Graphic Work of Kandinsky: A Loan Exhibition (NY: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1974), From Manet to Hockney: Modern Artists' Illustrated Books (Victoria and ALbert Museum), p. 131 and A Breadth of Vision: The Ritz Collection (Milwaukee Art Museum, 1992), p. 21. Image size: 216x219mm. Price: Call.
Composition for Cahiers d'Art (1930) (Roethel 193). Original 3-color woodcut, 1930. Edition: 610 impressions for the deluxe art review Cahiers d'Art published in Paris in 1930. Monogrammed in the block lower left. Illustrated in The Graphic Work of Kandinsky (ed. H. K. Roethel), the cataolgue of an exhibition at the Guggenheim, the Phillips Collection in Washington D.C., and 10 other museums. This is the only printing of this important late woodcut. Rare! Image size: 219x110mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Comets (Inventaire du Fonds Francais S. 5). Original color lithograph, 1938. Edition: as published in the deluxe art review, Verve, in 1938. Both the Grohman and Berggruen (Paris) catalogs list this work as an original lithograph. See Barnett 1216 for the gouache Kandinsky executed in preparation for this work. Signed with the monogram in the stone Image size: 354x260mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Stars (Inventaire du Fonds Francais S. 6). Original color lithograph, 1938. Edition: as published in the deluxe art review, Verve, in 1938. Both the Grohman and Berggruen (Paris) catalogs list this work as an original lithograph. Signed with the monogram in the stone. Image size: 354x260mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
Composition fur XXe Siécle (Roethel 201). Original 2-color woodcut, 1939. Edition: published by the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle, in 1939. The edition was between 1000 and 1200 impressions, half of which were intended to be sold in Europe and half in the USA. The USA issue was prevented by the outbreak of the war and a large percentage of the whole edition was lost during the war. There are no signed and numbered impressions and no restrikes. Ours is a fine impression on thin wove paper in good condition except for a slight handling crease across the upper right corner. This is the only color woodcut Kandinsky made in the later period of his life. Illustrated in Roethel, The Graphic Work of Kandinsky: A Loan Exhibition (NY: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1974) and Vivian Endicott Barnet, Kandinsky at the Guggenheim (NY: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1983), p. 291. This is the only printing of this important late woodcut. Rare! Image size: 170x210mm. Price: Please call or email for current pricing information.
10 Origin (Roethel 203). Original woodcut, 1942. Edition: 100 pencil-signed signed impressions. There was also an edition of c. 2000 impressions printed from the original block with the authorization of Kandinsky's widow and published by the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle. Ours is an impression on Arches from the latter edition. Illustrated in Roethel, The Graphic Work of Kandinsky: A Loan Exhibition (NY: The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1974. Image size: 210x170mm. Price: SOLD.
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