Current Inventory by Wassily Kandinsky

Klein Welten (Small Worlds) IX

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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1964), Klein Welten (Small Worlds) IX, drypoint, 1922, signed lower right in pencil [also monogrammed in the plate]. Reference: Roethel 172, only state. From the edition of 200; from the portfolio Klein Welten. In good condition, tiny loss upper right margin corner, old glue verso upper margin corners. On a heavy wove paper, with full margins, 9 3/8 x 7 3/4, the sheet 11 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Archival mounting.
A fine clear impression.
Kandinsky joined the Bauhaus in 1922, the same year he published the Klein Welten portfolio, which was a survey of his progression from [...]

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Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”

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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”, etching and drypoint, 1939, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Roethel 202, only state. From the edition of 113 (of which not all were signed). In very good condition, on Montvale ivory laid paper, with a partial “woman bathing” watermark, the full sheet, 5 1/16 x 3 1/4, the sheet 9 x 6 3/8 inches. Published by Atelier 17, Paris.
A fine impression of this rarely encountered print.
After the Bauhaus closed, in 1933, Kandinsky moved to Paris where he made only a small number (6) of prints. Etching [...]

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24 Essais de Jakovsky

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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1964), 24 Essais de Jakovsky, drypoint, 1934, signed in pencil lower right and numbered lower left (35/50) [also initial and date in the plate lower left]. Reference: Roethal 198, only state, edition of 50. In very good condition, with wide margins (spot of soiling in margin to left of number lower left, remains of prior glue/hinging margin edges verso), printed in black ink on an ivory cream wove paper, 9 x 7 7/8, the sheet 12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches.
A fine impression with much burr from the drypoint work.
After the Bauhaus closed, [...]

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Etching 1916 Number II

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Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Etching 1916 Number II, drypoint, signed in pencil lower right, titled, numbered (No. 9) and dated lower left [also with initials and date in the plate lower right].  Reference: Roethel 154, only state, edition of 10. In excellent condition (the barest handling fold at sheet edge), printed on a heavy ivory wove paper, the full sheet with full margins, 4 7/8 x 3 1/4, the sheet 17 1/2 x 13 inches, archival mount with window mat.
A fine fresh impression of this great rarity, printed in a dark brown ink.
Kandinsky created this drypoint (erroneously [...]

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