id: 156574
accession number: 1992.280
share license status: Copyrighted
url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.280
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Watercolor No. 10, 1911–12. Vassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944). Watercolor; sheet: 33.3 x 31 cm (13 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Lockwood Thompson 1992.280 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
title: Watercolor No. 10
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creation date: 1911–12
creation date earliest: 1906
creation date latest: 1917
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creditline: Bequest of Lockwood Thompson
copyright: © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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culture: Russia, 20th century
technique: watercolor
department: Drawings
collection: DR - Russian
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Vassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 33.3 x 31 cm (13 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Selected Acquisitions
opening date: 1993-02-09T05:00:00
Selected Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 9-April 11, 1993).
title: Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper
opening date: 2018-01-14T05:00:00
Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Michael E. Sadler, Oxford, UK (1912-late 1930s or 1940s)
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Working in Munich during 1911–12, Russian émigré Vassily Kandinsky wrote the treatise Concerning the Spiritual in Art, which established that a work of art could be totally abstract and devoid of a representational concept yet still express emotions. According to the artist, the image should develop first in the inner mind, or subconscious, and then in pictorial form. This is exemplified here in the bird surrounded by abstract forms.
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