Wassily Kandinsky

Russian · 1866–1944 · Painter, Printmaker

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one… (Wikipedia)

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Kleine Welten III, 1922
Lithograph
27,6 x 23 cm ( 10,8 x 9 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Jun 8, 2019 · Lot 769
€15,000≈ $16,910≈ £13,301Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €14,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Treppe zum Schloss (Murnau), 1909
Oil · Board
44.9 x 33 cm (17.6 x 12.9 in)
Ketterer Kunst · Jun 7, 2019 · Lot 128
€2,425,000≈ $2,733,703≈ £2,150,321Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €1,500,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
Kleine Welten I, 1922
Lithograph · Paper
24.7 x 21.8 cm (35.1 x 27.5)
Lempertz · May 31, 2019 · Lot 402
€13,640≈ $15,210≈ £12,097Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–8,000View at Lempertz ↗
Autograf: Brief an den Kunsthistoriker Franz Stadler, 1913
Drawing
27,5 × 21,1 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 255
€18,750≈ $20,876≈ £16,533Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €15,000–20,000View at Grisebach ↗
Lithographie No 1, 1925
Lithograph
33 × 20,5 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 256
€10,000≈ $11,134≈ £8,818Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €8,000–12,000View at Grisebach ↗
Kleine Welten IV, 1922
Lithograph · Paper
26,6 × 25,8 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 257
€11,250≈ $12,526≈ £9,920Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–15,000View at Grisebach ↗
Kleine Welten VI, 1922
Woodcut / linocut
27,3 × 23,3 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 258
€10,000≈ $11,134≈ £8,818Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–8,000View at Grisebach ↗
Kleine Welten VII, 1922
Lithograph · Paper
27,1 × 23,2 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 259
€15,000≈ $16,701≈ £13,226Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–15,000View at Grisebach ↗
Bauhaus-Ausstellung Weimar Juli – September 1923, 1923
Lithograph
15 × 10,4 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 332
€7,500≈ $8,351≈ £6,613Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–8,000View at Grisebach ↗
Horizontalee“ – nach dem Karton „Horizontales, 1939
Tapisserie (Wolle geknüpft) – Hersteller: Tabard Frères & Sœurs, Aubusson
225 × 165 cm
Grisebach · May 30, 2019 · Lot 382
€22,500≈ $25,052≈ £19,840Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €18,000–20,000View at Grisebach ↗

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About Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one of the pioneers of abstraction in Western art. Born in Moscow, he began painting studies at the age of 30.

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In museum collections

Acentric, 1924
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía · Public domain
Circle (with brown), 1929
National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina · Public domain
Sketch for Composition V, 1911
Hermitage Museum · Public domain
Winter Landscape, 1909
Hermitage Museum · Public domain