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Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR34.12
People
Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (Moscow, Russia 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France)
Title
Small Worlds VIII, from the portfolio "Small Worlds"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Kleine Welten VIII
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1922
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226010

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woodcut printed in black ink on off-white wove paper
Technique
Woodcut
Dimensions
block: 27.3 x 23.3 cm (10 3/4 x 9 3/16 in.)
sheet: 35.3 x 30.3 cm (13 7/8 x 11 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r.: Kandinsky

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Roethel 171

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Anonymous gift
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
Accession Year
1934
Object Number
BR34.12
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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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
  • Art of the Weimar Era, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 04/05/1982 - 05/22/1982
  • 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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