Auf Spitzen (Sur les pointes)
1928

Auf Spitzen
(Sur les pointes)
1928
The colours treated like watercolours contribute to the impression of lightness and weightlessness emanating from this work.
Wassily Kandinsky painted Auf Spitzen in a perfect square, relying on the plastic grammar he explained in his theoretical work Point and Line to Plane (published in 1926). Circles and triangles form an aerial composition moored to a base of three grey lines. All alone, a small orangish square contributes to re-establishing the overall balance. Here the rigour of geometry is combined with refinement of the touch.
Domain | Peinture |
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Techniques | Huile sur toile |
Dimensions | 140 x 140 cm |
Acquisition | Donation de Mme Nina Kandinsky, 1976 |
Inventory no. | AM 1976-858 |
Detailed description
Artist |
Vassily Kandinsky
(1866, Empire Russe - 1944, France) |
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Main title | Auf Spitzen (Sur les pointes) |
Creation date | 1928 |
Domain | Peinture |
Techniques | Huile sur toile |
Dimensions | 140 x 140 cm |
Inscriptions | MO.D.B.G. : VK 28 |
Acquisition | Donation de Mme Nina Kandinsky, 1976 |
Collection area | Arts Plastiques - Moderne |
Inventory no. | AM 1976-858 |