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Wassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944)

1909 (blocks cut 1907)

Medium/Technique Portfolio of five heliogravures printed in black reproducing woodcuts by Kandinsky, with one additional heliogravure vignette on the title page and two woodcut vignettes machine printed from the original blocks on the front and back cover

Dimensions Closed: 32.4 x 32.4 cm (12 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.)

Credit Line Museum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Marianne Schwartz (Shapero Foundation)

Accession Number2002.16.1

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints – Portfolios

Catalogue Raisonné Roethel 070, 071 and p.437-38

DescriptionFront cover: "Landscape with Figure and Phoenix" (Roethel 70); back cover: "Hill, Tree, Clouds and Figure" (Roethel 71)

ProvenanceSims Reed Rare Books, London; Ars Libri, Boston, March 2001; purchased by MFA January 23, 2002