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Kandinsky And Etching

Wassily Kandinsky - Horse Knight - Original Etching
Wassily Kandinsky - Horse Knight - Original Etching

Wassily Kandinsky - Horse Knight - Original Etching

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Wassily Kandinsky - Horse Knight - Original Etching 32 x 24 cm 1966 From the art review XXe siècle, San Lazzaro Unsigned and unumbered as issued

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1960s Abstract Geometric Animal Prints

Materials

Etching

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Etching for Stephen Spender "Fraternity"

Etching for Stephen Spender "Fraternity"

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in San Francisco, CA

Original drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Kandinsky, also signed in the plate wit the artist’s monogram lower left.  ...

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1930s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

Second Etching for Editions Cahiers d’Art

Second Etching for Editions Cahiers d’Art

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in San Francisco, CA

Original etching with drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper Hand-signed in pencil in the margin lower right Kandinsky, also signed and dated in the plate with the artist’s mon...

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1930s Modern Abstract Prints

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Plate 11 from 23 Gravures, Etching by Wassily Kandinsky
Plate 11 from 23 Gravures, Etching by Wassily Kandinsky

Plate 11 from 23 Gravures, Etching by Wassily Kandinsky

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Long Island City, NY

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (1866 - 1944) - Plate 11 from 23 Gravures, Year: 1935, Medium: Etching, signed and dated in plate, Image Size: 9.25 x 7.75 inches, Size: 12.75 x 11.25 in....

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1930s Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Second Etching
Second Etching

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Second Etching

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in London, GB

WASSILY KANDINSKY 1866-1944 Moscow 1866 - 1944 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France (Russian/German) Title: Second Etching / Zweite Radierung, for Editions Cahiers d'Art, 1932 Technique...

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1930s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Etching

Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”

Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Boston, MA

Artist: Kandinsky, Wassily Title: Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity” Date: 1939 Medium: Etching & Drypoint Unframed Dimensions: 5" x 3.25" Framed Dimensions: 17.25" ...

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1930s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

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Located in OPOLE, PL

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) - Intime Mitteilung (Message intime) Etching and aquatint in color from 1925.

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1950s Symbolist More Prints

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Wassily Kandinsky - Composition - Original Etching
Wassily Kandinsky - Composition - Original Etching

Wassily Kandinsky - Composition - Original Etching

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH

Wassily Kandinsky - Composition - Original Etching 32 x 24 cm 1966 From the art review XXe siècle, San Lazzaro Unsigned and unumbered as issued

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Materials

Etching

Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”

Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in New York, NY

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Etching for Stephen Spender “Fraternity”, etching and drypoint, 1939, signed in pencil lower right.

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1930s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum
Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum

Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Paris, IDF

Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Surrealist City Scape in Blue, 1965 Heliogravure (photo-etching) Printed signature in the plate On Lana vellum 56.5 × 37.5 cm (c. 22 x 15 in) Authentic...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum
Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum

Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Paris, IDF

Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Surrealist City Scape in Blue, 1965 Heliogravure (photo-etching) Printed signature in the plate On Lana vellum 56.5 × 37.5 cm (c. 22 x 15 in) Authentic...

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Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum
Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum

Surrealist City Scape in Blue - Heliogravure on vellum

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Paris, IDF

Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) Surrealist City Scape in Blue, 1965 Heliogravure (photo-etching) Printed signature in the plate On Lana vellum 56.5 × 37.5 cm (c. 22 x 15 in) Authentic...

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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Composition 2 pour Cahiers d'Art

Composition 2 pour Cahiers d'Art

By Wassily Kandinsky

Located in Roma, IT

B/W etching and drypoint on ivory colored cardboard. The single edition of 100 prints.

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1930s Modern Abstract Prints

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Second Etching for Editions Cahiers d'Art
Second Etching for Editions Cahiers d'Art

Second Etching for Editions Cahiers d'Art

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Located in San Francisco, CA

Original etching with drypoint printed in black ink on wove paper.

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