1930
Edition Size: 40 (plus proofs)
Image Size: 8-3/8 x 6-1/8 inches
Sheet Size: 11 x 9 inches
Reference: Roethel 194
Signed
Condition: Excellent
Original drypoint printed in black ink on wove heavy wove paper bearing portion of the “ARCHES” block letter watermark.
Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Kandinsky, also signed in the plate with the artist’s monogram and dated lower left.
A superb proof impression of the definitive state, showing touches of burr throughout, apart from the numbered edition of 40. Published by Editions Cahiers d’Art, Paris.
Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky is credited as having painted one of the first recognised purely abstract pieces of art. He turned to abstract work after an extended period of development and intense thought based on his artistic experiences. He was totally devoted to an idea of inner beauty as a central focus of his art. Kandinsky was born in Moscow and grew up in Odessa, where he studied at Grekov Odessa Art school.
