Gabriele Münter & Wassily Kandinsky
Small tin box
Artist
Gabriele Münter & Wassily Kandinsky
1877 Berlin - Murnau 1962 bzw. 1866 Moskau – Neuilly-sur-Seine 1944
Exhibition
August Macke: Longing for Paradise Lost, Ahlers Pro Arte/Kestner Pro Arte Foundation, Hanover 2014;
Contour, Colour, Light: Revealing the Essential. Gabriele Münter 1877–1962, Ahlers Pro Arte/Kestner Pro Arte Foundation, Hanover 2015/16, Cat. No. 59, p. 61;
Folklore & Avant-garde: The Reception of Folk Traditions in the Modern Age, Kunstmuseum Krefeld, 2019/20, Cat. pp. 16 (ill.), 131 (ill.) and 314;
Beauty All Around. Heinrich Campendonk, the Expressionists and Arts and Crafts, Museum Penzberg, 2021, unlisted;
Gabriele Münter. Retrospective, Leopold Museum, Vienna,
2023/24, p. 250, colour ill. p. 161.
Contour, Colour, Light: Revealing the Essential. Gabriele Münter 1877–1962, Ahlers Pro Arte/Kestner Pro Arte Foundation, Hanover 2015/16, Cat. No. 59, p. 61;
Folklore & Avant-garde: The Reception of Folk Traditions in the Modern Age, Kunstmuseum Krefeld, 2019/20, Cat. pp. 16 (ill.), 131 (ill.) and 314;
Beauty All Around. Heinrich Campendonk, the Expressionists and Arts and Crafts, Museum Penzberg, 2021, unlisted;
Gabriele Münter. Retrospective, Leopold Museum, Vienna,
2023/24, p. 250, colour ill. p. 161.
Provenance
Estate of Gabriele Münter;
Elly Roethel, Oberschleißheim;
Private collection, Germany, acquired in 1984 as part of a collection of painted tins from the aforementioned.
Elly Roethel, Oberschleißheim;
Private collection, Germany, acquired in 1984 as part of a collection of painted tins from the aforementioned.
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Description
The design, painting and execution of everyday objects and tins by Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky are among the essential components of their artistic output, particularly during their years together in Murnau (from 1909).