Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence

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Painting with White Border

Edited by Elsa Smithgall

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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)

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.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

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


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

ISBN: 9780300170788
Publication Date: July 19, 2011
Publishing Partner: Published in association with The Phillips Collection
136 pages, 9 1/2 x 10 1/2
75 color illus.
William Merritt Chase

A Modern Master

Elsa Smithgall, Erica E. Hirshler, Katherine M.

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