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A long, horizontal painting of a procession of mounted figures in lavish clothing beginning to cross a river bridge into town.

This long, horizontal image shows a procession of figures (only nine of whom in frame), dressed lavishly and entering on horseback from the right. The group is approaching a bridge with low stone walls crossing a blue river. On top of the wall closest to the lead figure in the group, who is dressed in black and gold armor and astride a white mount, is a statue of the Virgin Mary. A man and the woman stand on the bridge looking back towards the procession. Beyond the bridge and river are a series of houses denoting a town or village.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.1
People
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Title
Festival Procession
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Festzug
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1903
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/223528

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache with traces of white chalk on dark gray cardboard
Dimensions
20 x 99 cm (7 7/8 x 39 in.)
frame: 30 x 108 cm (11 13/16 x 42 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in pink at l.l.: KANDINSKY

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gabriele Münter, Murnau;[Galerie Otto Stangl, Munich]; Charles Henry Kleemann, New York (1952-1958)

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Barnett 93

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Curt Valentin
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.1
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Will Grohmann, Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944, exh. cat., Kleemann Galleries (New York, 1957), cat. no. 21, b/w ill. on cover
  • Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 66, ill.
  • Vivian Endicott Barnett, Kandinsky Watercolours: catalogue raisonné: Volume 1: 1900-1921, Cornell University Press (Ithaca, NY, 1992), no. 93, illus.

Exhibition History

  • Wassily Kandinsky 1866-1944, Kleemann Galleries, 01/01/1957 - 01/01/1957
  • Works from the 20th Century Collection of the Busch-Reisinger, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 06/15/1980 - 09/01/1980; Wildenstein Gallery, New York, New York, 09/23/1980 - 10/24/1980
  • Klee and Kandinsky: Works from the Harvard Collection and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/17/1981
  • 20th-Century Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/07/1981 - 11/11/1981
  • Deutsche Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts aus dem Busch-Reisinger Museum, Stadtische Galerie im Stadelschen Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, 10/23/1982 - 01/16/1983; Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin 30, 02/10/1983 - 04/17/1983; Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, 05/08/1983 - 06/26/1983
  • Franz Marc and the Blue Rider, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 04/08/2001 - 07/15/2001
  • Before Expressionism: Art in Germany circa 1903, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/24/2003 - 02/15/2004
  • 32Q: 1440 Secessionism: Munich, Vienna, Berlin (Expressionism), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/22/2015 - 04/05/2016

Subjects and Contexts

  • The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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