Schwarzer Fleck

1912

Wassily Kandinsky

Associated Names
Wassily Kandinsky

Artist, Russian, 1866 - 1944

The image shows intertwining black lines and shapes on a white background. Thin, curving lines intersect at various points, creating an abstract pattern. A large, irregular dark shape is in the center, resembling a deformed bird or leaf. Organic shapes hint at human hands or ears in simplified forms. The composition uses flowing lines and stark black shapes that allude to natural and everyday objects in an abstract way.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Evelyn Stefansson Nef

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 23.9 x 23.7 cm (9 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.55.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roethel 1970, no. 145

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. Evelyn Nef, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2004.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Roethel, Hans Konrad. Kandinsky; das graphische Werk. Schauberg: Verlag M. Du Mont, 1970.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: K

Wikidata ID

Q76359747

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