Artist
Vasily KandinskyRussian, 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
On view
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Department
European Art, Beck CollectionSpecial Collections
Object Type
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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