Sangerin (The Singer)
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
This print reveals the new pictorial language of simplified forms and surface pattern that would be foundational for Vasily Kandinsky’s later, more abstract imagery. Its subject—evoking piano notes and song—references his great passion for music, which would also inform his theories of abstraction. Kandinsky learned about printmaking techniques while working as the art director of a printing firm in Moscow in 1895. After moving to Munich a year later, he became particularly engaged with the experimental and artistic potential of woodcut, which became a central preoccupation for him.
Caption
Vasily Kandinsky Moscow, Russia, 1866 – 1944, Neuilly–sur–Seine, France. Sangerin (The Singer), 1903. Color woodcut on laid paper, 7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (19.5 x 14.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Benjamin family in memory of Robert S. Benjamin, 1993.217.1. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1993.217.1_transpc001.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Sangerin (The Singer)
Date
1903
Medium
Color woodcut on laid paper
Classification
Dimensions
7 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (19.5 x 14.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Benjamin family in memory of Robert S. Benjamin
Accession Number
1993.217.1
Rights
© artist or artist's estate
Copyright for this work may be controlled by the artist, the artist's estate, or other rights holders. A more detailed analysis of its rights history may, however, place it in the public domain. The Museum does not warrant that the use of this work will not infringe on the rights of third parties. It is your responsibility to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions before copying, transmitting, or making other use of protected items beyond that allowed by "fair use," as such term is understood under the United States Copyright Act. For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.
Have information?
Have information about an artwork? Contact us at