Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silence: Painting with White Border June 11–September 4, 2011 After a visit to his native Moscow in 1912, Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) sought to find a way to record the “extremely powerful impressions” that lingered in his memory. Working tirelessly through numerous drawings, watercolors, and oil studies over a five-month period, Kandinsky eventually arrived at his 1913 masterpiece, Painting with White Border. The exhibition will reunite this painting with over 12 preparatory studies from international collections, including the Phillips’s oil sketch, and compare it with other closely related works. Complemented by an in-depth conservation study of Painting with White Border, the exhibition will provide viewers with a rare glimpse into Kandinsky’s creative process.
This exhibition is co-organized by The Phillips Collection and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The Phillips Collection's presentation and the exhibition catalogue are supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
