No. 99427034

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) (after) - "Pink Red, 1927"
No. 99427034

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) (after) - "Pink Red, 1927"
- Wasily Kandinsky (after). Authorized giclée print on heavyweight smooth matte paper (300 gsm approx.).
- Signed in the plate.
- Size: 36,5 x 55cm.
- Stamp on verso.
- Condition: excellent. Never framed, never exposed.
- Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) is widely regarded as one of the founding figures of abstract art. Trained initially in law and economics, he turned to painting relatively late in life, bringing to his artistic practice a highly intellectual and spiritual approach. Kandinsky believed that color, line, and form could communicate emotions in the same direct way as music, and much of his work explores this idea of “visual harmony.” As a key member of the Blue Rider group and later as a master at the Bauhaus, he developed an increasingly geometric, symbolic, and structurally refined language of abstraction.
On the art market, Kandinsky’s works remain among the most coveted examples of early abstraction. His major paintings regularly achieve multi-million-dollar results at auction, with several works surpassing the $20–40 million range. Even his works on paper, lithographs, and later Bauhaus-period compositions are highly sought after for their historical significance and distinctive visual vocabulary.
“Pink Red” (1927), created during Kandinsky’s Bauhaus years exemplifies this mature abstract style. The composition balances geometric precision with expressive chromatic accents. In the artwork you provided, vibrant pink and red fields form the main atmospheric background, against which circles, triangles, bars, and crystalline structures interact like visual musical notes. A radiant orange sun-like disk on the right, intersected by fine diagonal lines, anchors the composition with rhythmic tension. On the left and center, clusters of multi-colored geometric shapes create a sense of dynamic movement, almost architectural in character. The work reflects Kandinsky’s fascination with the inner emotional resonance of colors and the ordered energy of geometric form.
Kandinsky’s late 1920s Bauhaus works, such as Pink Red, are especially valued by collectors because they represent the consolidation of his abstract theories, combining mathematical clarity with a lyrical sense of cosmic balance.
Artists of similar importance: Basquiat, Picasso, Hockney, Lichtenstein, Miro, Banksy, Brainwash, Delaunay, Nara, Soulages, Jenk, Orlinski, Wille, Rizzi, Manara, Thiebaud, Herrera, Laurent, Klein, Coa, Dior, Lagasse, Vuitton, Kaws, Valentino, Cappiello, Rothko, Dalí, Ramos, Warhol, Lautrec, Klimt, Matisse, Hirst, Chagall, Koons, Haring, Indiana, Mondrian, Groening, Richter, Monroe, Kusama, Murakami, Testa, Villemot, Oldenburg, Hopper, Ripolles, Wesselmann, Magritte, among others.
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