Zunehmen

Artist Vassily Kandinsky Russian, 1866–1944, active in Germany and France

Date1933

MediumOil, egg tempera, and ink on paper

Dimensions20 1/16 x 12 3/8 in. (51 x 31.4 cm)
Frame: 27 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (69.2 x 50.2 x 3.5 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner

Object numberG.65.10.29

On View

Not on view

ProvenanceCollection of the artist [1a]; consigned to J. B. Neumann, New York, by November 15, 1935 [1b]; consigned to Nierendorf Gallery (1937-1947), New York, between February 29, 1936 and 1947 [2]; W. R. Valentiner, Los Angeles, CA, by August 27, 1954 [3]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [4]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.

[1a] The Milan and Paris exhibitions are noted in Nina Kandinsky's notebooks, see catalogue raisonne introduction.
[1b] Neumann inventory 11/15/35, #16 "N 520, Accroissement." See also catalogue raisonne.
[2] Kandinsky changed dealers and Neumann sent inventory to Nierendorf. Neumann showed the work in February 1936. Nierendorf died in 1947. Nierendorf's last Kandinsky exhibition, however, was in 1944. See also catalogue raisonne.
[3] LACMA inventory, 8/27/54, #18 Kandinsky "Abstract."
[4] L.58.12.27-VE, "Zenehmen" (only work by Kandinsky listed).

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