Auf Weiss II (Sur blanc II)
1923
Auf Weiss II
(Sur blanc II)
1923
lt was this painting inaugurating a new period that Kandinsky chose to adorn the dining room of his Bauhaus apartment in Dessau.
Wassily Kandinsky turned increasingly toward geometrical composition while he started to teach at the Bauhaus, a stimulating environment for the artist. Returning faithfully to a watercolour he made in 1922 (Paris, Mnam), the artist delivers up one of his most suprematist works here. Under the influence of centrifugai forces, the forms with sharp contours and acute angles are shattered into pieces along diagonal lines. Only the violet form curving toward the centre seems ta resist this movement.
Domain | Peinture |
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Techniques | Huile sur toile |
Dimensions | 105 x 98 cm |
Acquisition | Donation de Mme Nina Kandinsky, 1976 |
Inventory no. | AM 1976-855 |
Detailed description
Artist |
Vassily Kandinsky
(1866, Empire Russe - 1944, France) |
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Main title | Auf Weiss II (Sur blanc II) |
Creation date | 1923 |
Place of production | Réalisé à Weimar, février-avril 1923 |
Domain | Peinture |
Techniques | Huile sur toile |
Dimensions | 105 x 98 cm |
Inscriptions | MO.D.B.G. : VK 23 |
Acquisition | Donation de Mme Nina Kandinsky, 1976 |
Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
Inventory no. | AM 1976-855 |