
Deepened Impulse
1928
Oil on canvas
29.9 × 39.4" (76.0 × 100.0 cm)
Private collection
Here, the circles so often encountered in Kandinsky’s works fill the entire space of the canvas like heavenly bodies. And in fact, according to Jelena Hahl Koch, the famous researcher of the artist’s oeuvre, on clear nights, Kandinsky and Münter would often invite an astronomer friend to visit, who would use his telescope to reveal the secrets of the celestial world to them.
5 February 2015 sold for $6.41 million on Sotheby's, New York
5 February 2015 sold for $6.41 million on Sotheby's, New York