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Russia, 1925
Paintings
Oil on cardboard
27 1/8 x 19 5/16 in. (68.8975 x 49 cm)
Museum acquisition by exchange from the David E. Bright Bequest (M.86.101)
Not currently on public view

Provenance

The artist (1866-1944); his wife Nina Kandinsky (1899-1980) until at least 1965; [Galleria d’Arte del Naviglio, Milan]. [Galerie Maeght, Paris]....
The artist (1866-1944); his wife Nina Kandinsky (1899-1980) until at least 1965; [Galleria d’Arte del Naviglio, Milan]. [Galerie Maeght, Paris]. Heinz Berggruen (1914-2007), Paris; [Christies, London, sale March 29, 1977, lot no. 48]; [Stephen Hahn, New York]; sold in 1986 to LACMA.
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Bibliography

  • Kandinsky: Pequeños Mundos. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2018.
  • Roethel, Hans K., and Benjamin, Jean K. Kandinsky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982.
  • Kandinsky: Pequeños Mundos. Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, 2018.
  • Roethel, Hans K., and Benjamin, Jean K. Kandinsky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982.
  • Roethel, Hans K., and Benjamin, Jean K. Kandinsky: Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil-Paintings. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982.
  • Tuchman, Maurice; R. Welsh; C. Blotkamp; C. Eldredge; S. Ringbom; Å. Fant; J. Bowlt; C. Douglas; R. Long; L. Henderson; H. Watts; J. Moffitt; W. Rushing; W. Moritz; D. Kuspit; G. Imanse; E. Kasinec; B. Kerdimun; R. Galbreath; Judi Freeman.  The Spiritual in Art:  Abstract Painting 1890-1985.  New York:  Abbeville Press, 1986.
  • Powell III, Earl A., Robert Winter, and Stephanie Barron. The Robert O. Anderson Building. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986.
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