Über das Geistige in der Kunst (Concerning the Spiritual in Art)

1912

Wassily Kandinsky

Associated Names
Wassily Kandinsky

Artist/author, Russian, 1866 - 1944

The cover features abstract shapes and lines forming an arrangement resembling a stylized silhouette of interconnected figures or objects. Elements suggest a hand holding an object, a sword, or other abstract forms atop a mound-like base. The design introduces an abstract motif that resembles a surreal sculpture or a city skyline made from fluid, organic shapes. The composition is printed in a single color that contrasts with the earthy background, alongside bold text "KANDINSKY" and "ÜBER DAS GEISTIGE IN DER KUNST."
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with text, woodcuts, and photomechanical illustrations on laid paper, plus woodcut illustrations on upper and lower covers

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    book: 21 × 18.3 × 1 cm (8 1/4 × 7 3/16 × 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2013.12.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Roethel 1970, no. 8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Ursus Books, Ltd., catalog 313, no. 190); purchased 2013 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1970

  • Roethel, Hans Konrad.Kandinsky: Das graphische Werk. Koln, 1970: 443, no. 8.

Inscriptions

in graphite by later hand on upper cover: 1297); on title page lower left crossed out: h. 3g / [E?].B.; lower right: No. 7 10 or. [not deciphered] / d. An 700s / seh[?] selters:/ '83 MEUU; inside upper cover circled then erased: 1787; inside lower cover: 8 Tafeln 144155

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