Small Worlds XII, from the portfolio "Small Worlds"

Identification and Creation

Object Number: BR34.7
People: Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Title: Small Worlds XII, from the portfolio "Small Worlds"
Other Titles: Original Language Title: Kleine Welten XII
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: 1922
Culture: German
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/225924

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Drypoint printed in black ink on off-white laid paper

Technique

Drypoint

Dimensions

plate: 24 x 19.7 cm (9 7/16 x 7 3/4 in.)
sheet: 29.7 x 26.7 cm (11 11/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Kandinsky

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: Roethel 175

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift
Accession Year: 1934
Object Number: BR34.7
Division: Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact: am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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
Bauhaus Art and Design, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 06/07/1982 - 10/30/1982

Subjects and Contexts

The Bauhaus

Verification Level

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BR34.7: Small Worlds XII, from the portfolio "Small Worlds"