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Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border Hardcover - 2011

by Elsa Smithgall (Editor)


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Russian artist and theoretician Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a significant figure in 20th-century abstraction. His masterwork Painting with White Border (1913; Guggenheim Museum), inspired by his native Moscow, emerged during an intensely creative period in his artistic development. Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence presents a rare, in-depth examination of the painting and more than fifteen preparatory studies in watercolor, oil, and pencil, along with closely related works made during this influential chapter in Kandinsky's career.

This handsome book includes essays illuminating how Painting with White Border also relates to Kandinsky's writings, including Concerning the Spiritual in Art (published 100 years ago) and his autobiography Reminiscences. A jointly authored essay by conservators at the Phillips and the Guggenheim presents the results of a recent conservation analysis of the painting and its related oil sketch (1913; The Phillips Collection), revealing important new discoveries about the artist's creative process, materials, and methods. Published in association with The Phillips Collection


Exhibition Schedule:

The Phillips Collection (06/11/11 - 09/4/11)

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (11/04/11 - 01/29/12)

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  • Title Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border
  • Author Elsa Smithgall (Editor)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 136
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
  • Date 2011
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780300170788 / 0300170785
  • Weight 2.1 lbs (0.95 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.69 x 9.71 x 0.63 in (27.15 x 24.66 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Kandinsky, Wassily, Kandinsky, Wassily - Criticism and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010054576
  • Dewey Decimal Code 759.7

About the author

Elsa Smithgall is curator at The Phillips Collection; Tracey Bashkoff is curator of collections and exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum; Gillian McMillan is senior conservator at the Guggenheim Museum; and Elizabeth Steele is head of conservation at The Phillips Collection.
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