Kandinsky Watercolors: A Selection from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the Hilla von Rebay Foundation

15 October–29 November 1981

The exhibition of watercolors by Russian-born Wassily Kandinsky, painted between 1911 and 1940, included many that never have been exhibited before. The exhibition traces Kandinsky’s art through his watercolors, as the artist moved from literal subject matter to abstraction. It also provides a comparison to his better-known work in oils.

A lecture by Mrs. Barnett and a series of film screenings accompanied the exhibition. 

Curator: Louise Averill Svendsen, Senior Curator at the Guggenheim Museum, and Vivian Endicott Barnett, Associate Curator. 

Funding for the exhibition was provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council. 

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