Wassily Kandinsky
(1866 - 1944)
Dumpfes Rot
signed with the monogram and dated ‘K 27’ (lower left);
signed again with the monogram, inscribed, dated and numbered ‘K "Dumpfes Rot" No. 400 1927’ (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
25 7⁄8 x 30 in - 65.7 x 76.3 cm
signed again with the monogram, inscribed, dated and numbered ‘K "Dumpfes Rot" No. 400 1927’ (on the reverse)
Oil on canvas
25 7⁄8 x 30 in - 65.7 x 76.3 cm
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Provenance
Nina Kandinsky, Neuilly-sur-Seine, by descent from the artist, in 1944;
Galerie René Drouin, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, probably in the late 1940s;
Galerie Maeght, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 17 May 1979, lot 281;
Private collection, Switzerland;
MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London;
Private collection, United Kingdom, by whom acquired from the above in 2010.
Galerie René Drouin, Paris, by whom acquired from the above, probably in the late 1940s;
Galerie Maeght, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 17 May 1979, lot 281;
Private collection, Switzerland;
MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London;
Private collection, United Kingdom, by whom acquired from the above in 2010.
Literature
The artist's handlist, vol. IV, no. 400;
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, New York, 1959, no. 400, p. 336 (illustrated fig. 264, p. 371);
A. Bovi, Kandinsky, London, 1970, no. 28 (illustrated);
H.K. Roethel & J.K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1916-1944, London, 1984, no. 843, p. 781 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky, Life and Work, New York, 1959, no. 400, p. 336 (illustrated fig. 264, p. 371);
A. Bovi, Kandinsky, London, 1970, no. 28 (illustrated);
H.K. Roethel & J.K. Benjamin, Kandinsky, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, vol. II, 1916-1944, London, 1984, no. 843, p. 781 (illustrated).
Exhibition
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Kandinsky, December 1947 - January 1948, no. 43, n.p.; this exhibition later travelled to The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, February - March 1948.
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky: Bauhaus de Dessau, 1927-1933, November 1965, no. 5 (illustrated; exh. cat. reproduced in Derriere le Miroir, no. 154, November 1965).
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Kandinsky, The Bauhaus Years, April - May 1966, no. 23 (illustrated).
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Kandinsky: Centenaire, 1866-1944, July - September 1966, no. 51 (illustrated).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, July - September 1970, no. 78 (illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Maeght, Kandinsky: Bauhaus de Dessau, 1927-1933, November 1965, no. 5 (illustrated; exh. cat. reproduced in Derriere le Miroir, no. 154, November 1965).
New York, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Kandinsky, The Bauhaus Years, April - May 1966, no. 23 (illustrated).
Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, Kandinsky: Centenaire, 1866-1944, July - September 1966, no. 51 (illustrated).
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Wassily Kandinsky, Gemälde 1900-1944, July - September 1970, no. 78 (illustrated).
