Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Modern & Contemporary Day Auction
Property from an Important European Collection
Wassily Kandinsky
Flächen und Linien (Surfaces and Lines)
Auction Closed
March 2, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Wassily Kandinsky
1866 - 1944
Flächen und Linien (Surfaces and Lines)
signed with the monogram and dated 30 (lower left); signed with the monogram, titled, dated 1930 and numbered No. 522 on the reverse
oil on board
49.5 by 70.7cm., 191/2 by 273/4
Framed: 64 by 85.5cm., 251/4 by 335/8in.
Painted in June 1930.
Galka Scheyer, Los Angeles
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired by 1953)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired by 1970)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above in January 1972)
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris (acquired from the above in February 1973)
Sale: Christie's, London, 5th December 1978, lot 43
Davlyn Gallery, New York (acquired by 1984)
Sale: Christie's, London, 23rd June 2004, lot 252
Private Collection, Switzerland (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Christie's, London, 23rd June 2009, lot 26)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Galerie Maeght, Paris (acquired by 1953)
Private Collection, Paris (acquired by 1970)
Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired from the above in January 1972)
Galerie Karl Flinker, Paris (acquired from the above in February 1973)
Sale: Christie's, London, 5th December 1978, lot 43
Davlyn Gallery, New York (acquired by 1984)
Sale: Christie's, London, 23rd June 2004, lot 252
Private Collection, Switzerland (purchased at the above sale. Sold: Christie's, London, 23rd June 2009, lot 26)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
The artist's handlist, vol. IV, no. 522
Will Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 369, illustrated p. 380
Hans K. Roethel & Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, London, 1984, vol. II, no. 967, illustrated p. 879
Will Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, London, 1959, no. 369, illustrated p. 380
Hans K. Roethel & Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings, London, 1984, vol. II, no. 967, illustrated p. 879
Berlin, Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, 1931, no. 60
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Kandinsky, 1948, no. 13 (titled Areas and Lines)
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky, 1953, no. 24 (catalogue published in Derrière le miroir, nos. 60-61, Paris, October-November 1953)
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky: Bauhaus de Dessau, 1927-1933, 1965 (catalogue published in Derrière le miroir, no. 154, Paris, November 1965, illustrated)
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Kandinsky, The Bauhaus Years, 1966, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, 1970, no. 107, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Kandinsky, peintures, dessins, gravures, editions, œuvres inédites, 1972, no. 20
Shimane, Matsue City Culture Center, The Passage of Modern European Art, 1994, no. 39
New York, Sidney Janis Gallery, Kandinsky, 1948, no. 13 (titled Areas and Lines)
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky, 1953, no. 24 (catalogue published in Derrière le miroir, nos. 60-61, Paris, October-November 1953)
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky: Bauhaus de Dessau, 1927-1933, 1965 (catalogue published in Derrière le miroir, no. 154, Paris, November 1965, illustrated)
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Kandinsky, The Bauhaus Years, 1966, no. 40, illustrated in the catalogue
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, 1970, no. 107, illustrated in the catalogue
Paris, Galerie Karl Flinker, Kandinsky, peintures, dessins, gravures, editions, œuvres inédites, 1972, no. 20
Shimane, Matsue City Culture Center, The Passage of Modern European Art, 1994, no. 39