Pentagon (Fünfeck)
1927
11 1/16 x 9 1/16 in. (28.1 x 23.1 cm)
Vasily Kandinsky
Russia
(1866 - 1944)
Object Type:
Watercolor
Medium and Support:
Watercolor and ink on paper
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1976.145
Location: Not currently on view
Bibliography
No. 238 in Kandinsky's Hauskatalog, the record he kept of his works
Provenance
Gift of the artist to Marcel Breuer (1902-1981), Berlin, 1928; Bernard Danenberg Gallery, New York; Howard Weingrow, New York; Martin Diamond Fine Arts Inc., New York (dealer); purchased from them by the Gallery in 1976
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Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
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Article Scope: Reproduction only.
Susan Dodge Peters, ed.
Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
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Article Title: Acquisition.
Memorial Art Gallery.
Gallery Notes.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995.
Volume Number: 42,
Issue Number: 6.
Issue Date: January 1977.
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Article Scope: Entry and reproduction.
Denys Sutton.
Treasures from Rochester: Exhibited at Wildenstein Galleries, New York, April 14-May 28, 1977: Summary Catalogue.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1977.
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Article Author: Eauclaire, Sally.
Article Title: Gallery Buys a "Gem".
Article Scope: Article and reproduction.
Democrat and Chronicle.
Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co.
Issue Date: January 2, 1977.
Page Number: 1G, 4G
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Article Scope: Mention.
Elizabeth Brayer.
Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988.
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
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Article Scope: Catalogue Raisonné entry and reproduction.
Vivian Endicott Barnett.
Kandinsky Watercolours: Catalogue Raisonné.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1992.
Volume Number: 2
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