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Auction archive: Lot number 53

KANDINSKY, Wassily (1866-1944, artist) and Will GROHMANN (1887-1968, editor). Wassily Kandinsky [ Sélection. Chronique de la vie artistique , cahier 14, July 1933]. Antwerp: Éditions Sélection, 1933.

Auction 06.12.2002
6 Dec 2002
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,109 - US$1,585
Price realised:
£822
ca. US$1,303
Auction archive: Lot number 53

KANDINSKY, Wassily (1866-1944, artist) and Will GROHMANN (1887-1968, editor). Wassily Kandinsky [ Sélection. Chronique de la vie artistique , cahier 14, July 1933]. Antwerp: Éditions Sélection, 1933.

Auction 06.12.2002
6 Dec 2002
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$1,109 - US$1,585
Price realised:
£822
ca. US$1,303
Beschreibung:

KANDINSKY, Wassily (1866-1944, artist) and Will GROHMANN (1887-1968, editor). Wassily Kandinsky [ Sélection. Chronique de la vie artistique , cahier 14, July 1933]. Antwerp: Éditions Sélection, 1933. 8° (257 x 183mm). Title-vignette and line illustrations, 48 full-page, after Kandinsky, half-tone portrait and 15 full-page half-tone illustrations after Kandinsky. Original wrappers printed in brown (wrappers lightly marked, upper wrapper creased, edges slightly frayed, tears on joints, neatly reinforced on verso). Provenance : Daniela Itten (presentation inscription on title 'Frau Daniela Itten , mit herzlichen Grüssen , Kandinsky , Berlin Dez 33'). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KANDINSKY TO DANIELA ITTEN. Wassily Kandinsky was edited by Kandinsky's friend and early champion Will Grohmann, and comprises three essays on the artist (Grohmann's 'L'art de Kandinsky', F. Morlion's 'Kandinsky, logicien', and G. Marlier's 'La revanche de Kandinsky'), followed by various hommages , a biography, a bibliography, and a catalogue of Kandisnsky's engravings and drawings.

Auction archive: Lot number 53
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

KANDINSKY, Wassily (1866-1944, artist) and Will GROHMANN (1887-1968, editor). Wassily Kandinsky [ Sélection. Chronique de la vie artistique , cahier 14, July 1933]. Antwerp: Éditions Sélection, 1933. 8° (257 x 183mm). Title-vignette and line illustrations, 48 full-page, after Kandinsky, half-tone portrait and 15 full-page half-tone illustrations after Kandinsky. Original wrappers printed in brown (wrappers lightly marked, upper wrapper creased, edges slightly frayed, tears on joints, neatly reinforced on verso). Provenance : Daniela Itten (presentation inscription on title 'Frau Daniela Itten , mit herzlichen Grüssen , Kandinsky , Berlin Dez 33'). FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KANDINSKY TO DANIELA ITTEN. Wassily Kandinsky was edited by Kandinsky's friend and early champion Will Grohmann, and comprises three essays on the artist (Grohmann's 'L'art de Kandinsky', F. Morlion's 'Kandinsky, logicien', and G. Marlier's 'La revanche de Kandinsky'), followed by various hommages , a biography, a bibliography, and a catalogue of Kandisnsky's engravings and drawings.

Auction archive: Lot number 53
Auction:
Datum:
6 Dec 2002
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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