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Improvisation 18 (with Tombstone).

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Title	Improvisation 18 (with Tombstone).
Translated Title	Improvisation 18 (mit Grabstein).
Creator	Kandinsky, Vassily (Russian painter, 1866-1944)
Date	1911
Cultural Context	German European Western European Russian
Style/Period	Expressionist Abstract (fine arts style) Modern (styles and periods) Modernist
Subject	Abstract paintings Abstract works Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Description	Excerpts from catalog entry, p.345: Öl auf Leinwand; Bez. u.r.: Kandinsky, 1911; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München; Gezeigt auf der Tournee der 2. NKVM-Ausstellung 1910, außer Katalog; Additional cataloging info from Barnett, p.622: 2 March 1911; oil on charcoal (?) on canvas, 141.5 x 121 cm (55 3/4 x 47 5/8 in); signed and dated l.r. in black: 'KANDINSKY 1911'.
Material	Oil on canvas Oil paint (pigmented coating) Paint Canvas
Measurements	141 x 120 cm
Technique	Oil painting (technique) Painting (image-making)
Work Type	Oil paintings Paintings Abstract paintings Abstract works
Repository	Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich, Germany)
Source	Hoberg, Annegret, and Helmut Friedel. Der Blaue Reiter und das neue Bild: von der Neuen Künstlervereinigung München zum Blauen Reiter. München; New York: Prestel, 1999. (pl.85, cat.137); Additional cataloging info from: Barnett, Vivian Endicott. Vasily Kandinsky: A Colorful Life: The Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich. Ed. Helmut Friedel. Cologne: DuMont; New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. (p.622, cat.383).
Rights	Photographic credit: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München; Für den Reprint der historischen Kataloge stellte uns freundlicherweise die Städt.Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, die Originale zur Verfügung; Alle übrigen Bildvorlagen stamen aus den Archiven der Autoren und des Verlages.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 437-40.jpg
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