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Lightly Touching [also known as "Lightly Touched"] (Leicht berührt)
Vasily Kandinsky (French, born Russia. 1866–1944)
1931. Oil on board, 27 5/8 x 19 1/4" (69.9 x 48.8 cm). The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection
Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction.
614.1967
Vasily Kandinsky, 1931 – 1944.
(On consignment with Galka Scheyer, Hollywood, c. 1933 – c. 1944)
Nina Kandinsky, Neuilly-sur-Seine (Paris). Kandinsky estate, [1944 or 1945] – 1949
Sidney and Harriet Janis, New York. Purchased from Nina Kandinsky, 1949 – 1967
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, 1967
Lightly Touched
Leicht gebunden
Leicht berührt
Lightly Touched
Lightly Touching
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