Schwarzer Fleck

Wassily Kandinsky
Schwarzer Fleck
woodcut
1912

An original Wassily Kandinsky woodcut print.

(Black Spot)

1912

Original woodcut printed in black ink on wove paper.

Signed with the artist’s monogram, the letter “K” in a triangle, in the block lower left.

A superb impression of the definitive state, from the edition of 1,200, published by G. di San Lazarro, Chroniques du Jour, Paris, in the review XXeme Siecle, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1938, illustrating the artist’s essay “Mes gravures sur bois”. One of 56 woodcuts originally published in 1913 in the album Klänge.

Catalog: Roethel 145

Size Image: 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches

Sheet Size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches