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Wassily Kandinsky
Motif for Improvisation 251911

Not on view
Woodcut print in bold black and white depicting large animal heads in extreme close-up, with jagged outlines, open mouths, and a large round eye dominating the upper half

Wassily Kandinsky, Motif for Improvisation 25, 1911, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Institute for Aesthetic Development, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Wassily Kandinsky
Russia, also active Germany and France, 1866–1944
Title
Motif for Improvisation 25
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1911
Medium
Woodcut on laid Van Gelder laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 9/16 x 8 11/16 in. (21.75 x 22.07 cm); Sheet: 11 x 10 15/16 in. (27.94 x 27.78 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Institute for Aesthetic Development
Accession Number
M.91.135
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • Roethel, Hans Konrad. Kandinsky: das graphische Werk. Köln: M. Dumont Schauberg, 1970.
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris