Untitled (Ohne Titel)
Vasily Kandinsky
French, born Russia. 1866–1944
1915
An untitled 1915 watercolor on paper in which Kandinsky translates musical and spiritual sensation into a delicate, nonrepresentational arrangement of color and line.
You encounter a luminous, floating choreography—translucent washes of blue, yellow, and rose blend and hover while thin, calligraphic lines flicker across the surface like musical notation given visual form.
The sheet is a concise example of Kandinsky's pioneering move toward pure abstraction, asserting that color and mark-making could convey inner life like music and helping to redefine the possibilities of modern painting.
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
13 1/4 x 8 7/8" (33.7 x 22.5 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
89.1935
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