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Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II)  1912

by Wassily Kandinsky

In his influential treatise, Concerning the Spiritual in Art, Kandinsky theorized a new form of artistic expression that would reject the materialist world in favor of emotional and spiritual ideals, using abstract forms and color symbolism to evoke an inner, preconscious world. Composed of dark lines and abstract colorful masses, Improvisation 27 depicts three iterations ...
Size: 
47 3/8 x 55 1/4 in. (120.3 x 140.3 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art