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Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle)  1913

by Wassily Kandinsky

The title "Improvisations" refers to a series of works that Kandinsky painted between 1909 and 1913 which was, according to the artist, "a largely unconscious, spontaneous expression of inner character, non-material nature." Although the amorphous shapes and colorful washes of paint in Improvisation 31 (Sea Battle) may at first appear entirely abstract, they form a number ...
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Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington