Kandinsky, Wassily, Blatt Für (Sheet Fur), 1942

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Signed Wassily Kandinsky, Woodcut, Blatt Für (Sheet Fur), 1942

Kandinsky Woodcut Signed, Blatt Für (Sheet Fur), 1942

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Artist:	Kandinsky, Wassily (1866 - 1944)
Title:	Blatt Für (Sheet Fur), 1942
Medium:	Original Woodcut
Image Size:	8 in x 6 1/2 in (20.32 cm x 16.51 cm)
Sheet Size:	12 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in (32 cm x 24.4 cm)
Framed Size:	22 1/2 in x 21 in (57.15 cm x 53.34 cm)
Signed:	Features the monogrammed stamp, 'K' of the artist, Wassily Kandinsky (Moscow, 1866- Paris, 1944) in the lower left
Edition:	Printed in an edition of 1200, from the 2nd state of 2 (the total edition was 1545)
Condition:	This work is in excellent condition
Gallery Price: Item# 2007	Sorry, this item is sold. Please visit the rest of our Kandinsky fine art collection

Historical Description:
Incredibly detailed and rich in texture, this Blatt Für appears to be just that – a massive sheet of abstraction which spirals upward into a large, organic form that is segmented into smaller blocks of patterns and shapes. This piece is in the style of Kandinsky’s (Moscow, 1866- Paris, 1944) later works, with bolder geometry at his disposal in the use of the woodcut. Its curved and wavy border implies movement and malleability while the segmented areas in the interior make way for rigidity and texture; a common contradiction that Kandinsky often addressed in his work. The artist also perfected the means of visualizing incredibly abstracted concepts and subject matter, successfully translating his creativity and vision through varying mediums, including the traditional woodblock print. This is a captivating work and one of Kandinsky’s most intricately detailed woodcuts of this period. Using bold shapes in simple black and white, the intimate scale of this work draws the viewer in to its own abstracted space and reality. Created in 1911, this woodcut is from 1938 edition of 1200 (from XXE Siecle publication, the total edition was 1545) and is printed on Velin paper. This work is a fine impression with bright and fresh colors from the 2nd state of 2. Catalogue Raisonné & COA: It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) : 1. Roethel, H. K. (1970) . Kandinsky Das Graphische Werk. Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg: Köln. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 203 on pgs. 406-7. About the Framing: Conservation framed with archival materials, this work is set in a black and bronze Spanish-style frame. The contrasting tones of the moulding enhances the work’s bold impression, while the ornate sculptural elements complement its detailed imagery. Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover.
Style:	Modern Master German Expressionist

Historical Description:

Incredibly detailed and rich in texture, this Blatt Für appears to be just that – a massive sheet of abstraction which spirals upward into a large, organic form that is segmented into smaller blocks of patterns and shapes. This piece is in the style of Kandinsky’s (Moscow, 1866- Paris, 1944) later works, with bolder geometry at his disposal in the use of the woodcut. Its curved and wavy border implies movement and malleability while the segmented areas in the interior make way for rigidity and texture; a common contradiction that Kandinsky often addressed in his work. The artist also perfected the means of visualizing incredibly abstracted concepts and subject matter, successfully translating his creativity and vision through varying mediums, including the traditional woodblock print. This is a captivating work and one of Kandinsky’s most intricately detailed woodcuts of this period. Using bold shapes in simple black and white, the intimate scale of this work draws the viewer in to its own abstracted space and reality.

Created in 1911, this woodcut is from 1938 edition of 1200 (from XXE Siecle publication, the total edition was 1545) and is printed on Velin paper. This work is a fine impression with bright and fresh colors from the 2nd state of 2.

Catalogue Raisonné & COA:
It is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work) :

1. Roethel, H. K. (1970) . Kandinsky Das Graphische Werk. Verlag M. DuMont Schauberg: Köln. Listed and illustrated as catalogue raisonné no. 203 on pgs. 406-7.

About the Framing:
Conservation framed with archival materials, this work is set in a black and bronze Spanish-style frame. The contrasting tones of the moulding enhances the work’s bold impression, while the ornate sculptural elements complement its detailed imagery. Completed with white, linen-wrapped mats and a matching gold inner fillet, this work is set behind an archival Plexiglas® cover.

Style:

Modern Master German Expressionist

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Biography of Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 - 1944)

Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow in 1866, and studied art in Munich. In 1909, after a trip to Paris during which he was introduced to the works of the Fauve artists Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Andre Dérain and Maurice de Vlaminck, his paintings became more highly colored and loosely organized.

Around 1913 he began working on paintings that came to be considered the first totally abstract works in modern art; for they made no reference to or described objects in the physical world. In 1911, along with Franz Marc and other German expressionists, Kandinsky formed Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider) a group of artists who shared a belief that are should be in the service of the spiritual and transcendent rather than a description of the material world.

Kandinsky's influence on the course of 20th-century art was further increased by his activities as a theorist and teacher. In 1912 he published Concerning the Spiritual in Art, the first theoretical treatise on abstraction, which spread his ideas throughout Europe. He returned to Moscow during the Revolutionary period to teach at the Moscow Academy of Fine Arts, leaving in 1921 to teach at the Bauhaus in Germany. He remained at the Bauhaus until the Nazis closed the school in 1933, this time moving to Paris where he died in 1944.

As one of the first explorers of the principles of nonrepresentational or “pure” abstraction, Kandinsky can be considered an artist who paved the way for all non-representative expressionism painting.

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