Modern Renaissance: A Cross-Category Sale
Modern Renaissance: A Cross-Category Sale
Property from an Important Private European Collector | 重要歐洲私人收藏
Wassily Kandinsky
Quadrat (Square) | 《方形》
Auction Closed
March 25, 08:05 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500,000 - 2,000,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Private European Collector
重要歐洲私人收藏
Wassily Kandinsky
瓦西里・康丁斯基
1866 - 1944
Quadrat (Square)
《方形》
signed with the monogram and dated 27 (lower left)
款識：藝術家簽姓名縮寫並紀年27（左下）
oil on canvas
油彩畫布
73 by 60cm., 28¾ by 23⅝in.
73 x 60 公分；28 ¾ x 23 ⅝ 英寸
Painted in 1927.
1927年作
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Nina Kandinsky, Paris (the artist's wife)
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired from the above in 1961)
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1972)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired from the above in 1961)
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 1972)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
The Artist's Handlist IV, no. 377
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky. Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 246, illustrated p. 369
Maeght Éditeur, Derrière le miroir. Kandinsky 1921-1927, no. 118, Paris, 1960, illustrated in colour on the cover
P. Overy, Kandinsky. The Language of the Eye, London, 1969, no. 47, illustrated n.p.
H.K. Roethel & Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, Volume Two, 1916-1944, New York, 1984, no. 820, illustrated p. 761
J. Hahl-Koch, Kandinsky, London, 1993, no. 352, illustrated p. 291
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky. Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 246, illustrated p. 369
Maeght Éditeur, Derrière le miroir. Kandinsky 1921-1927, no. 118, Paris, 1960, illustrated in colour on the cover
P. Overy, Kandinsky. The Language of the Eye, London, 1969, no. 47, illustrated n.p.
H.K. Roethel & Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky. Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, Volume Two, 1916-1944, New York, 1984, no. 820, illustrated p. 761
J. Hahl-Koch, Kandinsky, London, 1993, no. 352, illustrated p. 291