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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR34.11
People
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Title
Small Worlds VI, from the portfolio "Small Worlds"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kleine Welten VI
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1922
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226009

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 27.3 x 23.3 cm (10 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
sheet: 35.5 x 33.8 cm (14 x 13 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Kandinsky

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Roethel 169

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
BR34.11
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Publication History

  • Charles Werner Haxthausen, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Abbeville Press (New York, NY, 1980), p. 116, repr.

Exhibition History

  • From Werkbund to Bauhaus: Art and Design in Germany 1900-1934, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 05/12/1980 - 04/26/1980
  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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