Geteilt (Divided)

1928

Wassily Kandinsky

Associated Names
Wassily Kandinsky

Artist, Russian, 1866 - 1944

This painting features an abstract composition of geometric shapes and lines on a vertically divided background. The left side is teal and the right side is pink, and both are slight gradients, fading to pale yellow. On the left, overlapping circles in various sizes and shades of brown, green, and blue create a cluster near the top left corner. Below is a grid of rectangles. A thick, black vertical stripe slices through the center, separating the teal and pink sections. On the right, a 3D abstract polygon resembling a faceted gem floats near the top, made of teal, purple, and dark red faces. Below is an inverted triangular shape with three black curved lines.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and ink on wove paper on Kandinsky's original black paper mount

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Kellen

  • Dimensions

    Overall: 48.3 x 32 cm (19 x 12 5/8 in.)
    mount: 51.2 x 33.7 cm (20 3/16 x 13 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1999.51.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Barnett, no. 860

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Hilde Haller, Zurich; (Galerie Koller, Zurich, 1975); private collection, Zurich; (Christie's, London, 4 December 1979, no. 258); (Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva); private collection; (Sotheby's, New York, 14 May 1992, no. 135); (Leonard Hutton Galleries, New York); gift to NGA, 1999.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1928

  • Oktober-Ausstellung: W. Kandinsky -- Neue Aquarelle, Galerie Ferdinand Möller, Berlin, 1928, no. 33.

1929

  • Kandinsky Retrospective, Roter Turm, Halle, 1929, no cat.

  • Exposition d'aquarelles de Wassily Kandinsky. Galerie Zak, Paris, 1929, no. 29.

1931

  • November Ausstellung, Kunsthaus, Zurich, 1931, no. 67.

1932

  • Kandinsky, Gummesons Konsthall, Stockholm, 1932, no. 21.

1934

  • Kandinsky, Galleria del Milione, Milan, 1934, no cat.

1937

  • Wassily Kandinsky, Französische Meister der Gegenwart, Kunsthalle, Bern, 1937, no. 72.

1944

  • Etapes de l'oeuvre de Wassily Kandinsky, Galerie de l'Esquisse, Paris, 1944.

1983

  • Dix ans d'activité, Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, 1983, no. 61.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002, no. 55, as Geteilt (Divided).

2013

  • Vasily Kandinsky: From Blaue Reiter to the Bauhaus, 1910-1925, Neue Galerie New York, 2013-2014, no. 38, repro.

Bibliography

n.d.

  • Kandinsky, Wassily. Handlist (Hauskatalog). Unpublished manuscript, in Fonds Kandinsky, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, n.d.: no. 271.

1994

  • Barnett, Vivian Endicott. Kandinsky Watercolours. Ithaca, NY, 1992 - 1994. 2 vols.

1999

  • Robison, Andrew. "Wassily Kandinsky, Geteilt (Divided)." National Gallery of Art Bulletin 22 (1999): 16.

2001

  • A Century of Drawing. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002: no. 55.

Inscriptions

lower left in pen and black ink: VK / 28; upper verso of mount in white chalk: No 271 / 1928 / "Geteilt"; upper center verso in graphite (beneath chalk inscription): 271

Markings

two undeciphered marks stamped in black on upper verso of mount

Wikidata ID

Q64634622

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