Melodious

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Melodious

Germany and France, 1924
Drawings; watercolors
Watercolor and ink on paper
12 5/8 x 9 1/16 in. (32 x 23 cm)
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof (M.2005.70.45)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (1866-1944)....
The artist (1866-1944). Galka Scheyer, Los Angeles, 1928-1945; Nina Kandinsky, Paris, until 1971; [Galerie Berggruen, Paris, 1971]; [Gallerie Galatea, Turin, 1974]; [Galerie Beyeler, Basel]; sold to 1997 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Roethel, Hans Konrad. Kandinsky: das graphische Werk. Köln: M. Dumont Schauberg, 1970.
  • Barnett, V. E. Kandinsky Watercolors: Catalogue Raisonné  Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992.
  • Barron, Stephanie. Envisioning Modernism: The Janice and Henri Lazarof Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2012.