Wassily Kandinsky 24 Essais de Jakovsky 1934 drypoint Start Price USD 16,500.00 Current Price USD 16,500.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, July 18, 2008 End Time Monday, July 28, 2008 Location New York, New York See more about 'Wassily Kandinsky 24 Essais de Jakovsky 1934 drypoint' Description Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), 24 Essais de Jakovsky, drypoint, 1934, signed in pencil lower right and numbered lower left (35/50) [also initial and date in the plate lower left]. Reference: Roethal 198, only state, edition of 50. In very good condition, with wide margins (spot of soiling in margin to left of number lower left, remains of prior glue/hinging margin edges verso), printed in black ink on an ivory cream wove paper, 9 x 7 7/8, the sheet 12 3/8 x 9 3/4 inches. A fine impression with much burr from the drypoint work. After the Bauhaus closed, in 1933, Kandinsky moved to Paris where he made only a small number (6) of prints. 24 Essais is a tour de force drypoint, a complex composition invoking an astonishing range and variety of Kandinsky's signature symbols, strokes of force and energy, patterns, directional signs, spiritual references. Relatively large, it might be thought to represent a sort of aesthetic and symbolic culmination of his drypoint printmaking work. Anatole Jakovsky (1909-1988) was a French art critic who wrote about, and was friendly with, many of the great figures in modernist art. Although an expert on naïve art, he was (quite rightly of course) known to stress that Kandinsky's work was anything but naïve. Note: Please feel free to call or e mail me with your inquiries; contact data is on my About Me page. Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!