Kandinsky

This sumptuously produced volume displays Wassily Kandinsky's brilliant use of color, shape and composition through more than 250 full-color details or full-page illustrations. Essays by leading Kandinskyexperts focus on the evolution of his work through all periods of his career; his exploration of his Russian roots & emigration to Munich; his attraction to the Art Nouveau and Fauvist movements; the formation of the Blue Rider group &years at the Bauhaus. Featured is an added stand-alone facsimile of 'Small Worlds', a series of 12 prints first published by Kandinsky in a limited edition in 1922. 450 illus., 300 in color. 320p.