Heavy Circles
- Artist:
- Vassily Kandinsky (Russian, 1866–1944)
- Date:
- 1927
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 22-1/2 x 20-1/2 in. (57.2 x 52.1 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection
- Accession Number:
- P.1953.216
- Copyright:
© Norton Simon Museum
Writing to the art historian Will Grohmann in 1930, Kandinsky explained the crucial role of the circle in his recent work: “It is a link with the cosmic and I use it above all formally... The circle is the synthesis of the greatest oppositions. It combines the concentric with the ex-centric in a single form and in balance.” The cosmic resonance of circles is powerfully felt in this composition, where fourteen of them—each delineated with a slender halo of bright paint—seem to float in space, imaginary planets in orbit and eclipse.
The artist, consigned summer 1928 to;
[Galerie Neue Kunst Fides, Dresden];
later gifted by artist in May, 1933 to;
Galka Scheyer;
Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, 1953-1954;
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena,1954-1975;
Norton Simon Museum, 1975.
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