Wassily Kandinsky
Cup and Saucer [GK 54]
About this artwork
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title:Cup and Saucer [GK 54]
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accession number:GMA 3991
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materials:China (82 / 190)
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date created:Unknown
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measurements:Diameter: 13.00 x 6.00 cm (cup); Diameter: 16.80 cm (saucer)
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credit line:Bequeathed by Gabrielle Keiller 1995
Wassily Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky
A pioneer of modern art, Kandinsky is often regarded as having created the first painting that was purely abstract in form. Initially influenced by Symbolism and Russian folk art, he founded the Expressionist collective Der Blaue Reiter in Munich in 1910, along with a mixture of Russian and German avant-garde…