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Zunehmen
Zunehmen
Zunehmen

Zunehmen

Artist (Russian, 1866–1944, active in Germany and France)
Date1933
MediumOil, egg tempera, and ink on paper
Dimensions20 1/16 x 12 3/8 in. (51 x 31.4 cm)
Frame: 27 1/4 x 19 3/4 x 1 3/8 in. (69.2 x 50.2 x 3.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of W. R. Valentiner
Object numberG.65.10.29
On View
Not on view
ProvenanceCollection of the artist [1a]; consigned to J. B. Neumann, New York, by November 15, 1935 [1b]; consigned to Nierendorf Gallery (1937-1947), New York, between February 29, 1936 and 1947 [2]; W. R. Valentiner, Los Angeles, CA, by August 27, 1954 [3]; Valentiner Estate, Raleigh, NC, 1958 [4]; to NCMA, by bequest, 1965.

[1a] The Milan and Paris exhibitions are noted in Nina Kandinsky's notebooks, see catalogue raisonne introduction.
[1b] Neumann inventory 11/15/35, #16 "N 520, Accroissement." See also catalogue raisonne.
[2] Kandinsky changed dealers and Neumann sent inventory to Nierendorf. Neumann showed the work in February 1936. Nierendorf died in 1947. Nierendorf's last Kandinsky exhibition, however, was in 1944. See also catalogue raisonne.
[3] LACMA inventory, 8/27/54, #18 Kandinsky "Abstract."
[4] L.58.12.27-VE, "Zenehmen" (only work by Kandinsky listed).

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