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The Tunisian sources of Kandinsky’s ‘Improvisation on mahogany’
09/2017 | 1374 | 159
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Author:
Christensen, Emily (Christensen, Emily)
Subjects
artists:
Münter, Gabriele
artists:
Kandinsky, Wassily
dates:
1900-1919
places:
Tunisia
styles:
Abstract art
styles:
Dating
subjects:
Spirituality
subjects:
Islamic architecture
subjects:
Orientalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. Improvisation of mahogany by Vasily Kandinsky. 1910 (here dated 1909). (Courtauld Gallery, London, on loan from Fridart Foundation, Geneva)
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35. Study for Improvisation on mahogany, from Sketchbook 27, by Vasiy Kandinsky, c. 1908–10 (here dated 1909). (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
Attributed works:
36. Detail of a study for Improvisation 1, from Sketchbook 27, by Vasily Kandinsky. c. 1908-10 (here dated 1909). (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
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37. Improvisation 6, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1909 (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
Attributed works:
38. Detail of Studies for Improvisation 6, from Sketchbook 27, by Vasily Kandinsky. c. 1908-10 (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
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39. Oriental, by Vasily Kandinsky. 19009 (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
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40. Ottoman cemetery, Tunisia, photograph by Gabriele Münter. 1905 (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
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41. Sketches of male and female figures, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1905 (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
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42. Three men in elegant clothes in front of a café, photograph by Gabriele Münter. 1905 (Lenbachhaus, Munich)
Attributed works:
43. Tunis street (Tombs of the Beys), by Vasily Kandinsky. 1905 (Centre Pompidou, Paris)