Lot #474: WASSILY KANDINSKY - Ohne Titel #3 - Pen and ink with wash drawing on paper

 

Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866 - 1944).
Title: "Ohne Titel #3".
Medium: Pen and ink with wash drawing on paper.
Date: Composed 1923.
Dimensions: Overall size: 9 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. (238 x 184 mm). Image size: 8 1/8 x 6 9/16 in. (206 x 167 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in ink with the monogram and dated, lower left recto; collector stamps, verso. Painted on pale cream wove paper. Very good to fine condition; would be fine save for minor edge darkening, a slightly uneven left edge, and five very small pinpricks in the image, only visible verso. The pinpricks are in the exact center of each of five circles in the composition, the Artist surely responsible. Provenance: If you have a genuine interest in bidding on this work kindly send an email to: [email protected] for provenance information and additional image(s). Comment(s): A Kandinsky pen and ink drawing, “Untitled,” similar to our example in medium, date, and dimension but not composition (ours substantially better: the use of wash, bolder, more intricate ((especially with the crosshatching)), and appealing) sold for $31,500 at Sotheby’s New York, 11/17/2021, lot #125. Kandinsky is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century. Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. [30521-2-30000]