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Wassily Kandinsky
Joyous Ascent1923

Not on view
Abstract lithograph with geometric and organic forms in black, gray, salmon pink, and pale yellow on cream paper, featuring stippled circles, a bold diagonal black bar, and scattered colored shapes
Artist or Maker
Wassily Kandinsky
Russia, also active Germany and France, 1866–1944
Title
Joyous Ascent
Date Made
1923
Medium
Color lithograph, edition of 100
Dimensions
9 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (23.5 × 20.96 cm)
Credit Line
Partial, fractional and promised gift of Janice and Henri Lazarof
Accession Number
M.2005.70.44
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Modern Art
Provenance
The artist (1866-1944). [Carus Gallery, New York]; sold in 1993 to Janice and Henri Lazarof, Los Angeles; given in 2005 to LACMA.
Selected Bibliography
  • Roethel, Hans Konrad. Kandinsky: das graphische Werk. Köln: M. Dumont Schauberg, 1970.
  • 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.