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Abstract composition

Print
1925 (made)
Artist/Maker

Lithograph titled 'Abstract composition', signed and dated with monogram 'K 25'. Signed and dated in pencil 'Kandinsky 1925.' Inscribed in pencil 'No.II. No.35/50'.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAbstract composition (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lithograph
Brief description
'Abstract Composition'. Lithograph by Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), dated 1925.
Physical description
Lithograph titled 'Abstract composition', signed and dated with monogram 'K 25'. Signed and dated in pencil 'Kandinsky 1925.' Inscribed in pencil 'No.II. No.35/50'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 35.6cm
  • Width: 21.6cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968. London: HMSO, 1969.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'K 25.' (Signed and dated with monogram)
  • 'Kandinsky 1925.' (Signed and dated in pencil)
  • 'No. II. No.35/50.' (Inscribed in pencil)
Object history
This lithograph is closely related to the illustrations to 'Point and Line to Plane' by Kandinsky, Munich, 1926. The drawing for it is reproduced on p.187 of 'Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work' by Will Grohmann, London, 1959.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969.
Collection
Accession number
E.415-1968

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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