Kleine Welten IV, 1922
Vassily Kandinskyexpand_more
Color lithographexpand_more
The Herschel V. Jones Fund, by exchangeexpand_more P.79.57
Not on Viewexpand_more
This lithograph is the fourth in a series of prints entitled "Small Worlds" published in 1922 at the Bauhaus, the famed school of art and architecture in Weimar, Germany, where Kandinsky taught from 1921 to 1933. In each of the abstracted compositions Kandinsky utilized a theory of art he had developed as a leader of the Blue Rider artists' group a decade earlier. Each form and color in the composition is governed by a principle of inner necessity that is supposed to speak directly to the soul of the viewer. In this work, the yellow acts as an aggressive color, while the green and purple are more restrained. Tensions arise from the interaction of geometric and organic forms. The result is a microcosm governed by its own laws and rules of engagement.
Details
- Title
- Kleine Welten IV
- Artist Life
- French, born Russia, 1866–1944
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- P.79.57
- Provenance
- (David Tunick, Inc., New York); sold to MIA, 1979.
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Roethel167
- Curator Approved
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