Lot #300: WASSILY KANDINSKY - Les formes et la composition - Gouache and watercolor drawing on paper

   

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944).
Title: "Les formes et la composition".
Medium: Gouache and watercolor drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1930.
Dimensions: Overall size: 13 11/16 x 10 1/4 in. (348 x 260 mm). Image size: 8 13/16 x 4 3/8 in. (224 x 111 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $16,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $20,000/25,000
Lot Note(s): Signed and dated lower left. Painted on very light cream laid paper. The work itself is in fine condition; it is affixed to a medium weight cream paper backing board which is in good shape with some minor foxing and edge fading. Provenance: Nina Kandinsky (her stamp verso) to Jacqueline François; Private collection, Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy (Paris), France.
Comment(s): Comparable gouache and watercolor drawing on paper compositions by Kandinsky sell at auction for substantially more than our modest pre-sale estimates. He is one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [29893-2-16000-NA]