Three Elements
| Three Elements | |
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| German: Drei Elemente, French: Trois éléments | |
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| Artist | Wassily Kandinsky |
| Year | 1925 |
| Catalogue | 295 |
| Medium | oil painting on cardboard |
| Movement | Abstract art |
| Subject | a red square, a yellow triangle and a blue circle among coulours and shapes |
| Dimensions | 68 cm × 48 cm (27 in × 19 in); also given as 69.5 × 49.5 cm (27.4 × 19.5 in)[1][2] |
| Location | Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg |
| Accession | 2002 |
Three Elements is a March 1925 abstract painting by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. Kandinsky presented it to his nephew Alexandre Kojève, in whose family it remained after Kojève's death in 1968. The painting was bought in 2002 from Kojève's widow, Nina Ivanoff (also spelled Ivanov) and is now in the Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain of Strasbourg, France. Its inventory number is 55.002.3.1.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Fourneaux, Hélène (February 2008). Les collections du musée d'art moderne et contemporain de la ville de Strasbourg. Strasbourg: Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 111. ISBN 978-2-901833-82-6.
- ^ Derouet, Christian; Lehni, Nadine (1994). JEANNE BUCHER Une galerie d'avant-garde 1925–1946. Geneva / Strasbourg: Éditions d'art Albert Skira / Musées de la ville de Strasbourg. p. 183. ISBN 2-605-00272-1.
- ^ "Description sommaire du fonds " Alexandre Kojève " au département des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque nationale de France". books.openedition.org. Éditions de la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
External links[]
- Drei Elemente on the museum's website
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