KANDINSKY, V.V. (1866–1944), two works 1) KANDINSKIY, V.V. 2) ZEHDER, H.

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1) KANDINSKIY, V.V. O dukhovnom v iskusstve ['On the Spiritual in Art']; preface by Nina Kandinskaya; translated by A. Lisovskiy. New York: Mezhdunarodnoe literaturnoe sodruzhestvo, 1967. — 160 pp.: ill.; 21.5 × 14 cm. Publisher’s illustrated binding. Very good condition. Minor wear to the binding. Upper cover design, engravings and reproductions in the text by V.V. Kandinsky; binding composition and lower cover design by Evgeniya Zhiglevich. Kandinsky’s principal theoretical work, marking his transition from figurative to abstract painting. First published in German in Munich in 1911; widely reissued in multiple languages and regarded as the ‘gospel of 20th-century art’. First Russian-language edition. 2) ZEHDER, H. Wassily Kandinsky. Dresden: Rudolf Kaemmerer Verlag, 1920. — 53 pp.: ill., 11 plates. — (Künstler der Gegenwart; Bd. 1). Publisher’s illustrated boards. Good condition. Minor wear and soiling, tears at the spine. A study of the life and work of Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), including twelve examples of his works.