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On the Spiritual in Art

On the Spiritual in Art
(Über das Geistige in der Kunst)
 1912

Medium
book: 11 woodcuts, 8 photomechanical prints, 104 pages, cardboard cover, stitched binding
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
book: 11 woodcuts, 8 photomechanical prints, 104 pages, cardboard cover, stitched binding
Measurements
20.3 × 19.6 cm (page) 20.8 × 18.3 × 1.7 cm (closed) 20.8 × 37.1 × 2.7 cm (open)
Place/s of Execution
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Roethel 82-92
Edition
3rd edition
Printing/Publishing
published by R. Piper & Co., Munich
Inscription
printed in green ink u.c.: KANDINSKY
printed in green ink l.c.: ÜBER / DAS GEISTIGE / IN DER KUNST / DRITTE AUFLAGE
printed in ink on title page u.c.: KANDINSKY / UBER DAS GEISTIGE / IN DER KUNST / INSBESONDERE IN DER MALEREI / MIT ACHT TAFELN / UND ZEHN ORIGINALHOLZSCHNITTEN / MUNCHEN 1912 / R. PIPER & CO., VERLAG
Accession Number
2024.1023
Department
International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Jacobus Francis van Breda and Helen Mary Cooley through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2024
Reproduction requests
Gallery location
Not on display

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