Vasily Kandinsky (French, born Russia. 1866–1944)

Great Resurrection (Grosse Auferstehung) (proof) for Klänge (Sounds)

Author:

The artist

Date:

(1911)

Medium:

Woodcut

Dimensions:

composition: 8 5/8 x 8 11/16" (21.9 x 22 cm); sheet (irreg.): 13 5/16 x 9 3/16" (33.8 x 23.4 cm)

Paper:

Brown, smooth, laid.

Publisher:

R. Piper & Co., Munich

Printer:

F. Bruckmann A.G., Munich

Edition:

one of 2 known proofs of the black block, before the edition of 345 in the illustrated book Klänge (1913)

Credit Line:

Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund

Copyright:

© 2016 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Reference:

Roethel 138.

MoMA Number:

353.1988

Themes:

Literary Subjects

Techniques:

Woodcut