Artist
Vasily Kandinsky(Russian, 1866–1944)Russian, 1866–1944
CultureRussian
Titles
- Sketch 160A
Date1912
PlaceGermany
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 37 3/8 × 42 1/2 in. (94.9 × 108 cm)
Frame: 46 1/4 × 52 × 3 3/8 in. (117.5 × 132.1 × 8.6 cm)
Frame: 46 1/4 × 52 × 3 3/8 in. (117.5 × 132.1 × 8.6 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number74.140
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
223 Beck Galleries
Exposé
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
[1] David E. Bright (1908-1965) and his wife Dolly Bright Silliman (née Newmire) were important collectors of modern art with a focus on early twentieth-century European art. Bright’s wife 1967 gift of twenty-three works to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) represented, at the time, the largest gift in the museum’s history. See Castro, Maria, "David E. Bright," The Modern Art Index Project (August 2018), Leonard A. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art [https://doi.org/10.57011/RLIC4291, accessed 15 July 2024].
[2] In the catalogue for cited 1963 exhibition (cat. no. 20, illus. p. 47), the owners of the painting are listed as Mr. and Mrs. David E. Bright, Beverly Hills, California.
Exhibition HistoryKunsthalle, Bern, 1955.
"Kandinsky: the Road to Abstraction," Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London, April–May 1961.
"Vasily Kandinsky, 1866-1944: A Retrospective Exhibition," The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris; Gemeente-museum/Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, 1963.
"U. S. Loan Exhibition," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1971–73.
"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.
"1912: The Breakup of Tradition," Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada, August 6–October 4, 1987.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed and dated lower left: Kandinsky 1912
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