Small Worlds VII, from Small Worlds (Kleine Welten)
Artist: Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866-1944)
Publisher: Propyläen Verlag, [Berlin]
Date: 1922
Dimensions:
Plate: 10 11/16 x 9 1/8 in.
Medium: Lithograph in color
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Frederick B. and Kate L. Shoemaker Fund
Object number: 1950.62
Label Text:Small Worlds VII is from a portfolio of 12 abstract compositions, each employing a specific printmaking technique. As Kandinsky explained in the portfolio’s introduction, he used drypoint to represent passion and haste, etching to show precision, woodcut to show the interplay of background and foreground, and lithography—as in this print—to resemble painting. Kandinsky placed each shape, line, and color to interact among themselves, generating tension, emotion, and meaning through these abstract means. He added color, shading, and texture to bring the shapes to the surface or to push them to the background. Each print represents an autonomous microcosm, a reflection of Kandinsky’s view of the cosmos.
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