A Collection of Twelve Art Reference Books on Wassily Kandinsky and His Artwork
12 books
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12 × 9 × 2 in (30.5 × 22.9 × 5.1 cm) (Largest)
Auction Estimate:$200 - $300
Sale date:April 8 - 22, 2025
Price Realized
$48
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
From the Collection of Dennis Reid
- "Wassily Kandinsky: Life and Work" (Will Grohmann, 1958) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Vassily Kandinsky 1866-1944: A Retrospective Exhibition" (Thomas M. Messer, 1962) inscribed by "Dennis R. Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Kandinsky in Munich: 1896-1914" (Peter Jelavich, Carl E. Schorske, Peg Weiss, 1982) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Kandinsky: Russian and Bauhaus Years, 1915-1933" (Clark V. Poling, 1983) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Kandinsky in Paris: 1934-1944" (Vivian Endicott Barnett, Christian Derouet, 1985) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Klee, Kandinsky, and the Thought of Their Time" (Mark Roskill, 1992) stamped by Dennis Reid (his initials in Chinese lettering) on the flyleaf;
- "Kandinsky's 'At Rest'" (L.D Ettlinger, 1961) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Concerning the Spiritual Art" (Wassily Kandinsky, 1912) inscribed by "Dennis R. Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Point and Line to Plane" (Wassily Kandinsky, 1926) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "The Sounding Cosmos" (Sixten Ringbom, 1970) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf;
- "Vassily Kandinsky: an introduction to his work" (The William Benton Museum of Art, 1974) inscribed by "D. Reid" on the inside cover;
- "Wassily Kandinsky: Letters, Pictures and Documents" (Arnold Schoenberg, 1984) inscribed by "Dennis Reid" on the flyleaf