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Lot 98

"W. W. Kandinsky" – Moscow, 1918 –Cover Illustrated by Wassily Kandinsky

В.В. Кандинскій – текст художника [W. W. Kandinsky – Text of the Artist], by Wassily Kandinsky. Moscow: Отдѣла Изобразительных Искусств Народнаго Коммиссаріата по Просвѣщенію, 1918. Russian.

A long composition by Wassily Kandinsky (Васи́лий Васи́льевич Канди́нский; 1866-1944) concerned with his artistic creation, accompanied by reproductions of dozens of his works (one in color, on a separate plate). The work was originally written in Munich in 1913, and printed in the present volume (Moscow, 1918), with a table of contents and bibliography of Kandinsky's entire body of work at the end.

56, [2] pages. Approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Minor stains and creases. Several gatherings slightly loose. Minor wear and stains to binding. Small tears to spine.
MoMA 181.