Name/Title
Small Worlds XII (Kleine Welten XII)Entry/Object ID
120.U.BU.0019Description
Using abstract forms, many of which appeared in his early paintings, Kandinsky's composition uses perspective to draw in the viewer. The top left third and the bottom right part of the composition are black with white forms that float above. The same forms cross the center area but are now black in contrast to the white (of the paper) background. A long narrow triangle that crosses all three spaces narrows as it moves upward, defining the depth of the space. Other shapes, such as the curving white line at the top of the image recall the blue rider in one of Kandinsky's earliest abstracts.Artwork Details
Medium
Drypoint, B/W; Plate 12Made/Created
Artist
Wassily Kandinsky / Vasily KandinskyDate made
1922Dimensions
Dimension Description
OuterHeight
20-1/4 inWidth
17-7/8 inDepth
1 inDimension Description
SightHeight
10-1/4 inWidth
8-1/4 inDimension Description
PlateHeight
8-3/4 inWidth
7-1/4 in