Woodcut
1908 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Colour woodcut of a horseman galloping by a wood towards a distant town. Signed 'K'.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Colour woodcut print |
| Brief description | Print by Wassily Kandinsky, an illustration intended for 'Klänge', but not used. Munich, 1908. |
| Physical description | Colour woodcut of a horseman galloping by a wood towards a distant town. Signed 'K'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'K' (Signed) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1960 and 1961 London: HMSO, 1964
The full text of the entry is as follows:
"KANDINSKY, Wassily (1866-1944)
A horseman galloping by a wood towards a distant town. 1908. Illustration intended for, but not used in, the artist's Klänge, published by R. Piper & Co. Verlag, Munich, 1913.
Signed (in a triangle) K.
Colour woodcut. E.5110-1960
Note: The artist dates this subject 1908 and records that it was intended for Klänge (although not used), in an article entitled 'Mes gravures sur bois', in XXe Siècle, Vol. 1, Part 3, p.31, 1938.
For other illustrations to Klänge, see E.5111-5115-1960." |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.5110-1960 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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