Currently not on view
Sestri -- on the Beach,
1905
Wassily Kandinsky, 1866–1944; born Moscow, Russian Empire (Russia); died Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
y1986-76
This is one of the small outdoor sketches Kandinsky created during his travels with Gabriele Münter during the early years of their relationship. Sestri is located on the Ligurian coast of Italy, near Portofino and the Cinque Terre. The artist used a palette knife to spread the thickly textured paint, capturing the pale light of the Mediterranean winter or early spring.
Information
Title
Sestri -- on the Beach
Dates
1905
Maker
Medium
Oil on cardboard
Dimensions
23.6 x 32.7 cm (9 5/16 x 12 7/8 in.)
frame: 39.6 × 49 × 3.5 cm (15 9/16 × 19 5/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Clinton Wilder, Class of 1943
Object Number
y1986-76
Place Made
Europe, Germany
Place Depicted
Italy, Genoa, Punta di Sestri
Culture
Type
Subject
- Marina Causa Picone, "Per la conoscenza del pittore Giacomo del Po': I", Bollettino d'arte 42 (n.s. 4), no. 2 (1957): p. 163-172., p. 163-172
- Marina Causa Picone, "Per la conoscenza del pittore Giacomo del Po': [II]", Bollettino d'arte 42 (n.s. 4), no. 3/4 (Jul.-Dec., 1957): p. 309-316., p. 309-316
- Kandinsky: the road to abstraction, (London: Marlborough Fine Art, 1961)., cat. no. 10
- Hans K. Roethel and Jean K. Benjamin, Kandinsky: catalogue raisonne of the oil-paintings, (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1982-1984)., Vol. 1: p. 156, ill. p. 156; no. 143
- "Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1986," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 46, no. 1 (1987): p. 18–52, p. 22 (illus.)
