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| Severe in Sweet, 1928 Vasily Kandinsky Russian, 1866-1944 Watercolor and colored ink on laid paper 16-7/8 x 12-1/8 in. (42.9 x 30.8 cm) Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection P.1953.201 © 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Reproduction, including downloading of ARS works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Not on view Having grown up in an atmosphere of icons, with their magical, rather than imitative, significance, Kandinsky did not share the Western European commitment to the tradition of illusionistic depth. This freedom probably helped him to detach a picture's composition from its original content, without regard to perspective. This principle of an autonomous composition was the first step toward abstract painting. View Provenance |
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