Wassily KANDINSKY Original Signed Woodcut KLUNGE 1911 ROETHEL 124
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Wassily KANDINSKY Original Vintage Signed WoodcutArtist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944)Title: Woodcut for Klunge, 1911 - "Improvisation"Medium: Original Woodcut in black, Original Piper Edition, Munich 1913Paper: Arches Cover paperSignature: Signed in the Plate via the Artist's MonogramSize: Image at 7 1/2 x 5 inches; paper at 9 x 12 inchesCatalogue Raisonne: Roethel no. 124Condition: Vintage, paper showing age toning particularly to edges and versoNote: Being sold unframed; to be shipped flat and loose without matting and frame shownAbout the Artist: Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (1866 - 1944) Wassily Kandinsky was born in Moscow, on December 4,1866. His uncompromising attitude to life and art, his faith in the unconquer-ability of the human spirit, came with him from Russia. He remained Russian to the last, although both by blood and spirit he was related to western Europe as well to Asia. However, from his thirtieth year on, from 1896 to his death in 1944, he lived in Germany and in Paris, except for a seven-year stay in Moscow between 1914 and 1921.Late in 1896, Kandinsky arrived in Munich with his young wife. At the beginning of 1897 he enrolled in the Azbe School, and stayed there for two years, for the most part producing drawings only. It was here Kandinsky became acquainted with Alexej von Jawlensky. In 1901, Kandinsky
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