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Wassily Kandinsky
Black spot1912

Not on view
Black and white print with bold gestural lines and abstract forms suggesting fragmented figures and animals, with a large solid black shape at center
Artist or Maker
Wassily Kandinsky
Russia, also active Germany and France, 1866–1944
Title
Black spot
Place Made
Germany
Date Made
1912
Medium
Woodcut on Van Gelder paper
Dimensions
Image: 6 5/8 x 8 7/16 in. (16.83 x 21.43 cm); Sheet: 11 x 11 in. (27.94 x 27.94 cm)
Credit Line
The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds
Accession Number
83.1.102.30
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.

  • Davis, Bruce. German Expressionist Prints and Drawings: The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989; Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1989.

  • Roethel, Hans Konrad. Kandinsky: das graphische Werk. Köln: M. Dumont Schauberg, 1970.