Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence

Painting with White Border

Elsa Smithgall, Tracey Bashkoff, Gillian McMillan , Elizabeth Steele

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Yale University Press
19 July 2011

Art & design styles: Abstract Expressionism; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Russian artist and theoretician Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a significant figure in 20th-century abstraction. His masterwork Painting with White Border (1913; Guggenheim Museum), inspired by his native Moscow, emerged during an intensely creative period in his artistic development. Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence presents a rare, in-depth examination of the painting and more than fifteen preparatory studies in watercolor, oil, and pencil, along with closely related works made during this influential chapter in Kandinsky's career.

This handsome book includes essays illuminating how Painting with White Border also relates to Kandinsky's writings, including Concerning the Spiritual in Art (published 100 years ago) and his autobiography Reminiscences. A jointly authored essay by conservators at the Phillips and the Guggenheim presents the results of a recent conservation analysis of the painting and its related oil sketch (1913; The Phillips Collection), revealing important new discoveries about the artist's creative process, materials, and methods.

Contributions by: Tracey Bashkoff, Gillian McMillan, Elizabeth Steele
Edited by: Elsa Smithgall
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 267mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 953g
ISBN: 9780300170788
ISBN 10: 0300170785
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 19 July 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elsa Smithgall is curator at The Phillips Collection; Tracey Bashkoff is curator of collections and exhibitions at the Guggenheim Museum; Gillian McMillan is senior conservator at the Guggenheim Museum; and Elizabeth Steele is head of conservation at The Phillips Collection.