Lot #1218: WASSILY KANDINSKY - Ohne Titel #1 - Pen and ink drawing on paper

 

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944).
Title: "Ohne Titel #1".
Medium: Pen and ink drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1925.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (238 x 184 mm). Image size: 8 x 6 1/8 in. (203 x 156 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in ink with the monogram and dated, lower left recto; collector stamps, verso. Painted on pale cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition; would be fine save for a slghtly trimmed left edge, minor edge darkening, and two very small foxmarks in the image. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): A Kandinsky pen and ink drawing, “Zeichnung für 'Punkt und Linie zu Fläche,'” highly similar to our example in composition, medium, and date, but not dimension (theirs larger than our example at 13.50" x 8.58" versus ours at 8” x 6 1/8”) sold for $153,665 (£118,750) at Christie's London, King Street, 06/28/2017, lot #101. Kandinsky is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30519-2-35000]